News
January 8, 2009
| Krak Nai
Burmese authorities are seizing at least one Thai fishing boat per day for illegally fishing in Burmese waters, say sources in southern Tenasserim...
January 8, 2009
An explosion in an underground jade mine in Hpakant in Kachin state, northern Burma on December 31, 2008, at about 3 p.m. local time killed two...
January 8, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
The Burmese military Junta authorities in Southern Shan State held the inaugural ceremony of the Kengtawng Hydro power plant in Kengtawng sub-...
January 7, 2009
A pro-junta group, the 88 generation students (Union of Myanmar), has said it is all set to contest the upcoming 2010 general election as drawn up by...
January 7, 2009
| Myint Maung
An individual arrested while undertaking volunteer relief services for victims of Cyclone Nargis was yesterday sentenced to ten years imprisonment by...
January 7, 2009
| Ko Wine
The 'United Wa State Party' has changed its administrative territory from 'Shan State Special Region No. 2' to 'Wa State Government Special...
January 7, 2009
This rice harvesting season, the Burmese ruling junta is buying paddy at a fixed-price higher than last year but farmers in Burma's northern Kachin...
January 7, 2009
| Leyh Mon
Police in northern Ye Township are taxing migrant workers returning from Thailand and Malaysia, say local sources. “Police are waiting at the...
January 6, 2009
| Nem Davies
Burma's censorship board has stopped issuing licenses to at least 11 weekly journals and 20 magazines which failed to renew their license, sources in...
January 6, 2009
| Than Htike Oo
A court inside Mandalay's Oh Bo prison has sentenced Kathy Aung, a woman activist, to 26 years in prison. She had been arrested on charges of...
January 6, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Many people from several townships in Shan State were not invited to participate in the 61st anniversary of Independence Day and even more were...
January 6, 2009
| Krak Nai and Blai Mon
Three Burmese army battalions have been relocated from Mon State to provide security for an incipient gas pipeline in Arakan State, says a highly...
January 6, 2009
| IMNA
Burmese authorities arrested a woman with 1,000 amphetamine pills at her home in Kaw Thaung, Tenasserim Division, marking what intelligence sources...
January 6, 2009
| Kaladan Press
Bangladesh freed four Burmese nationals in the last one month after the country failed to repatriate Released Prisoners (RP) through normal...
January 6, 2009
| Kaladan Press
Some Bangladeshi and Burmese nationals set out for Malaysia by boat, while a few others returned to Bangladesh, after the Burmese authorities pushed...