News
November 13, 2008
| Khun Aung Myat
Gambling shops mushroom in Taung Gyi, the capital of Shan State, during the Tazaungtai festival despite the local residents' disapproval, a local...
November 13, 2008
The National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS), popularly known as the Mongla group for its main base on the Sino-Burma border...
November 13, 2008
| Hseng Khio Fah
The Burmese Army continues its troop build up along the Thailand-Burma border, where both the Shan State Army (SSA-South) and the United Wa State...
November 13, 2008
| Solomon
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, says Burma's judicial system, which sentenced over 30 dissidents to...
November 13, 2008
Jade businessmen in China have been dealt a body blow by the current global economic meltdown and the US ban on import of Burmese gems, said jade...
November 13, 2008
More rubber plantations have been confiscated by Artillery Battalion No. 318, based near Ah-bit village in Mudon Township, say local sources...
November 13, 2008
| Hseng Khio Fah
For many years, damaged roads between Keng Tung, eastern Shan State and Taunggyi, capital Shan State, are being neglected by the junta in terms of...
November 13, 2008
salt production owners in Mon State are apprehensive they will have to sell their products to the government at a price set by it...
November 13, 2008
| Mungpi
The United States on Wednesday condemned Burma's military rulers for harshly sentencing over 30 dissidents to long prison terms of up to 65 years,...
November 13, 2008
Burma has laid landmines on the Burma-Bangladesh border following tension between the two neighboring countries over gas exploration in the Bay of...
November 13, 2008
Foot and mouth disease among Mithuns is being suspected in the northern part of Chin state after 20 of the animals were stated to have died. In...
November 13, 2008
| Shyamal Sarkar
The unthinkable has happened. Neighbours Burma and Bangladesh, who shared a friendly relation till the other day are today at loggerheads. And that...
November 12, 2008
| Salai Pi Pi
Burma's neighbouring countries, particularly India, should use the Bay of Bengal Sub-regional group (BIMSTEC) summit to pressure the Southeast Asian...
November 12, 2008
Severe torture was inflicted on an innocent Naga businessman and money was extorted by Burmese Army soldiers in Hukawng Valley in Burma's northern...
November 12, 2008
Suffering from diarrhea a refugee girl child died yesterday at around 11 am while on her way to Cox's Bazar hospital from the Leda camp after being...