News
March 12, 2009
Latest reports from the Sino-Burma border say the United Wa State Army (UWSA) is still refusing entry to census takers coming from Kengtung, the...
March 10, 2009
| Rai Maraoh
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has refused to provide a list of its members and their families to Special Branch police officers who said they wished...
March 10, 2009
| Ruby Mon
Two migrant workers have been released after working for 25 months without pay on a fishing boat operated by a Thai company. The two men were rescued...
March 10, 2009
The Burmese junta brass has threatened to replace the Northern Regional Commander Brig-Gen Soe Win if he fails to pressurize Kachin ceasefire groups...
March 10, 2009
One detail high on the agenda on Thursday, 12 March, marking the 20th anniversary of the overthrow of Communist leadership by Kokang forces in...
March 10, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
According to the Social Security of Thailand, over 2 million workers would be laid off in 2009; most of them migrant workers, said Wilaiwan Sae Tia,...
March 10, 2009
| Solomon
Mr Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) based in Switzerland is currently in Burma on an official visit to...
March 10, 2009
World Food program (WFP) has been repairing roads in Maungdaw Township since last week with the cooperation of villagers. This is the program of ‘...
March 10, 2009
| Mon Son and Asah
At least one hundred students in Moulmein staged a protest to complain about lack of electricity on Friday. Electricity was restored the next day,...
March 10, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Over 600 women from several different backgrounds marched on the streets in Chiangmai, northern Thailand yesterday, calling for equal rights entitled...
March 10, 2009
The global financial crisis has begun to hit Thailand, forcing several migrant workers to return home to Burma. According to a Thai police source at...
March 7, 2009
| Kon Hadae
Migrant workers in southern Thailand are returning to Burma to avoid violent crime in Hat Yai Township, Songkhla Province. At least three migrant...
March 7, 2009
Rubber plantation owners in Mon State are deeply worried as the Htay Company increases storage of rare timber near to – or on – their land without...
March 6, 2009
| Mon Son and Blai Mon
The two primary political parties representing Mon people say they will not participate in Burma’s 2010 elections, in spite of recent reports...
March 6, 2009
The Military Operation Command (MOC) 9 in Kyauktaw have told the higher authorities of the military junta about their apprehension of damage to...