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November 27, 2008
A teenager from Mrauk U Township in Arakan was conscripted by the Burmese Army recently as a new private soldier against the wishes of his parents,...
November 27, 2008
The global economic downturn has hit the betel nut and rubber plantation communities after an overnight drop in the price of both products...
November 27, 2008
China is constructing a mini-great wall in southwest Yunnan province on the border with the Kachin insurgent controlled areas in Kachin state in...
November 27, 2008
Reported cases of landmine casualties in Burma skyrocketed during the course of 2007, with civilians accounting for the vast majority of those...
November 27, 2008
Travelers on the Zemi river charge that delays enforced by a Karen National Union (KNU) checkpoint are designed to earn extra income for relatives of...
November 27, 2008
| Salai Pi Pi
A local Church in the town of Hakha in Burma's western Chin state was burnt to ashes on Monday when a fire broke out, local residents said...
November 26, 2008
The District police officer Aung Htay and Township Police officer (OC) Nyi Lwin Soe of Maungdaw Township have been in cahoots with drug dealers since...
November 26, 2008
The body of Abu Tayab (20), son of Nurul Hoque was found by villagers in forest Near Sensari Mru Para of Nasaka Araea No. 2 on November 24, at about...
November 25, 2008
| Than Htike Oo
A government informer sent by the Burmese Embassy was exposed at a recent meeting held by opposition members in Malaysia, according to participants...
November 25, 2008
In marking today's 8th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a leading rights organization has...
November 25, 2008
| Zar Ni
The Burmese tourism industry has picked up a little bit in recent months, after suffering serious losses in the aftermath of May's Cyclone Nargis and...
November 25, 2008
| The The
Mobile phone users in Burma have reasons to cheer for they will be free of the monthly hassle of queuing up front of telephone offices to pay bills...
November 25, 2008
A primary school girl was raped and killed on November 9 Sunday in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State but the police are yet to find the rapist...
November 25, 2008
The Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) members are using forced labor of villagers in Maungdaw Township for growing onion, garlic and sun...
November 25, 2008
Parents of Rih high school students are in a spot over extra school fees as teachers are collecting money and taking Kyat 2000 per student a month,...