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October 4, 2008
| Than Htike Oo
A Thai Life Insurance Company is likely to pay compensation of Baht 100,000 for each of the 54 Burmese nationals who died of asphyxiation in a ten-...
October 4, 2008
Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday was visited by an eye-specialist for a check-up, a party official said...
October 4, 2008
A year after the saffron revolution, Buddhist monks are still finding it extremely difficult to travel in Burma because the Burmese military junta...
October 4, 2008
On October 2nd, Burmese Prime Minister General Thein Sein visited administrative departments and a school in Mon State. PM General Thein Sein, along...
October 4, 2008
| Solomon
The United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay on Thursday urged Burma's military junta to free all political prisoners. The...
October 4, 2008
Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden issued a warning last night that in light of the financial crisis in the United States a Democratic...
October 3, 2008
The only motorable road connecting Bangladesh with the western border of Burma was blocked on Wednesday after heavy rains caused a landslide in the...
October 3, 2008
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the Burmese military regime to release all political prisoners. On October 2nd, Navanethem...
October 3, 2008
The publishing licenses of two Rangoon-based weekly journals have been suspended for alleged violation of the policy and regulations of the Press...
October 2, 2008
| Nem Davies
With the crackdown on anti-regime forces continuing unabated, the Burmese military junta on Wednesday arrested another opposition party leader, Ohn...
October 2, 2008
Members of Swan Ahr Shin, the police force, and the riot police have supported the anti-government movement led by monks in Sittwe because they are...
October 2, 2008
Maj-Gen Soe Win, the Burmese military junta's Northern Military Command commander is spending sleepless nights over the movement unleashed by student...
October 2, 2008
Officers of the Karen State Peace and Development Council (PDC) have refused the Karen Peace Council’s (KPC) recent request to begin levying taxes in...
October 2, 2008
| The The &Than Htike Oo
The publishing license of two Rangoon based weekly journals has been suspended by the Press Scrutiny Board (Censor Board) because of violation of its...
October 2, 2008
As Burma's devastated delta region continues its long recovery from May's devastating cyclone, the United Nations' Flash Appeal to assist in recovery...