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May 20, 2009
An outbreak of Leptospirosis disease in Malaysia’s Juru detention camp has killed two Burmese migrant workers in the local hospital, a Malaysian...
May 20, 2009
Kachin people’s opinion will be given cognizance and not rejected by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the largest ethnic Kachin ceasefire...
May 20, 2009
Lawyers for Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi say the trial against her is being conducted in a speedy fashion, with another court...
May 20, 2009
Current holders of the ASEAN Chair, Thailand has released a statement on Burma's present political crisis, the blocs first official reaction to the...
May 20, 2009
In the wake of the charges leveled by the Burmese military junta against the country’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a trial in Insein...
May 20, 2009
Arakanese democracy activists in exile staged large scale protests against the Burmese military junta on Monday in two different places in Bangladesh...
May 20, 2009
After Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested on 14 May, 2009, the prices of shortwave radios have been increasing in Sittwe markets, a town elder said. "I...
May 19, 2009
International and Thai activists gathered in front of the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok and urged the Thailand Government as well as ASEAN to take...
May 19, 2009
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the largest ethnic Kachin ceasefire group in Burma's northern Kachin State yesterday concluded its public...
May 19, 2009
United States’ President Barrack Obama on Friday formally extended sanctions against Burma for another year, saying the actions and policies of Burma...
May 19, 2009
Passengers using the Kaley-Tamu highway bus services are facing a dilemma regarding no limits to passengers, fewer bus services and no traffic rules...
May 18, 2009
Security in Sittwe has been tightened by the military authority with police reinforcements being deployed since yesterday, in order to prevent...
May 18, 2009
The immigration department has issued new national identity cards to Arakanese nationals in Ann Township, for the 2010 elections, and has identified...
May 15, 2009
Thai Foreign Minister, Kasit Piromya, has said Thailand would not pressurize Burma on Aung San Suu Kyi’s case, but hoped Burma would conduct the...
May 15, 2009
The number of people who have died after consuming Chinese alcohol seems to be on the rise in Chin state and Kalemyo, Sagaing division, western Burma...

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