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October 27, 2008
| Mungpi
Burma's military rulers have since Sunday removed barbwire barricades and reduced security around the Rangoon home of detained opposition leader Daw...
October 25, 2008
| Nem Davies
Frequent disruptions in connection for about two weeks has left subscribers of the Rangoon based 'Myanmar Teleport' ADSL broadband service frustrated...
October 25, 2008
In an inexplicable move the local authorities of Falam Township Peace and Development Council have listed the population and their properties in...
October 25, 2008
| Zarni
The United States has reiterated its call for Burma's military junta to immediately and unconditionally release imprisoned opposition leader Daw Aung...
October 25, 2008
Chin villagers in northern Chin state, Burma are being terrorized and tortured by insurgent groups from Manipur state in northeast India operating on...
October 25, 2008
Kyaukpru, Arakan State: About 100 Rohingya Muslims are being forced to work on the newly constructed Kyaukpru– Maayee Road this week...
October 25, 2008
Reduction in taxes by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) notwithstanding, Chinese timber businessmen are yet to resume logging in Burma's...
October 25, 2008
Burmese Prime Minister General Thein Sein has said trade with China has risen by sixty percent over the last three years, despite a campaign of...
October 25, 2008
| Rai Maraoh
Election of more women to high positions in the New Mon State Party is unlikely, say IMNA sources. "It is not easy for women to become leaders (in...
October 25, 2008
| Mungpi
"K" Line Singapore Pte Ltd, the regional ship operator for Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, has temporarily suspended the...
October 24, 2008
A Private in the Burmese Army shot a Corporal dead at midnight on October 21 on the Indo-Burma border after the latter beat the soldier, said a...
October 24, 2008
Two men and two women were arrested for being in possession of drugs in Maungdaw by joint security forces in a raid on Wednesday, said a police...
October 24, 2008
The police force in Kachin State, northern Burma is gearing up for the 2010 general elections. Police personnel are into training and parades in the...
October 23, 2008
| Myo Gyi
The deadline for the registration of illegally imported motorcycles in northern Burma's Shan and Kachin states have been extended to October 31...
October 23, 2008
The Burmese military junta authorities confiscated 365 acres of farmland from the Rohingya community in Razabil (Auk Nan Yar) village in Rathedaung...