News
July 21, 2014
| KIC
The Women’s League of Burma, an umbrella group representing 13 women’s organizations in Burma has said that a culture of “systemic impunity” to rape...
July 21, 2014
| Mizzima
Unseasonably low rainfall in Ayeyarwady Region has led to farmers resorting to drilling unprecedented levels of artesian wells.
July 21, 2014
| Mizzima
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese mobile carrier KDDI says it is planning to link up with trading house Sumitomo in a deal to invest about US$2.0 billion in...
July 21, 2014
| Mizzima
More than 800 people protested outside the South Korean embassy in Yangon on July 17 over the closure of a shoe factory in Hlaing Tharyar Township...
July 21, 2014
| Mizzima
A Mon State government minister has banned a ceremony to commemorate Martyrs' Day in a park in the state capital, Mawlamyaing.
July 21, 2014
| KIC
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners has said in a statement that Burma’s government is suppressing the country’s press in ways...
July 19, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), set up by 16 armed movements in November, is due to meet today in Chiang Mai to finalize its...
July 19, 2014
| KIC
Following intense media speculation, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, released a media statement on Thursday 17 July in an attempt to cool...
July 19, 2014
| KIC
A United Nations working group warns that the detention of an ethnic Kachin activist is illegal. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary...
July 18, 2014
| Khonumthung
Salai Ngai San, a founder of the former Chin National Democratic party which won Myanmar’s 1990 elections, told Khonumthung News that a new party...
July 17, 2014
| KIC
The Shan Human Rights Foundation, a community based human rights organisation, claims that since June 11th the Burma Army has been attacking...
July 17, 2014
| IMNA
Concern about forced repatriation is spreading among Burmese refugees settled along the Thai-Burma border as rumors spread that they will be sent...
July 16, 2014
| KIC
Five journalists from Burma’s Unity Journal have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for ‘disclosing state secrets,’ – Amnesty International warned...
July 16, 2014
| KIC
Thailand’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), has reached an agreement with the commander-in-chief of Burma’s military to repatriate the...
July 16, 2014
| KIC
When three villagers from rural Myanmar visited Tokyo earlier this month they came equipped with an unusual itinerary. Rather than spend time...