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February 6, 2009
Relations between the Burmese Army, Mueng Lar groups and the United Wa State Army are increasingly becoming strained, after the Wa army did not allow...
February 6, 2009
| Zaw Gyi
Thailand's current policy on migrant workers is set to be discussed by at least 30 representatives from various organizations, which help migrant...
February 6, 2009
| Hseng Khio Fah
Poppy cultivators in northeast Taunggyi, in southern Shan State, have been facing hardships and are unable to pay back loans as most of their fields...
February 6, 2009
The soaring Burmese currency, at the money exchange market, is hitting the Mon community globally where many migrant workers are reluctant to send...
February 6, 2009
| Than Htike Oo
Thein Tin Aung, second-in-command of a Student and Youth Organization, which usually criticizes Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD party and which is...
February 6, 2009
| Moe Thu
Claiming at least 3000 jobs last week, many of Rangoon's factories have begun laying off a large number of workers, due to the effect of the current...
February 6, 2009
| Arka
Mon community leaders have denied requests by a government-allied armed group to open gambling operations during Mon National Day celebrations (MND)...
February 6, 2009
People were wooed to support the emerging Kachin political party which is to contest the 2010 elections by Salang Kaba Lanyaw Zawng Hra, chairman of...
February 5, 2009
Ironic as it is, at a time when people are suffering hardships due to the economic meltdown, thousands of people are joining the Kachin traditional...
February 5, 2009
| Diamond and Blai Mon
Hundreds of workers have been arrested in Bangkok in the last few days, as Thai authorities make good on recent promises to crack down on migrant...
February 5, 2009
| Mungpi
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his special advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari will meet on Thursday in the Indian capital New...
February 5, 2009
The Burmese military junta authorities in upper Myanmar , Kalemyo in Sagaing Division have rejected the proposal of constructing a bridge along Kale-...
February 5, 2009
| Mungpi
Burma's Prime Minister on Tuesday told visiting United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari that sanctions against his country should be lifted if...
February 4, 2009
The 89-kilogram heroin seizure in Rangoon on January 25 was the result of a tip-off by Chinese agents, according to sources on the Sino-Burma border...
February 3, 2009
| Mungpi
United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari on Tuesday wound up his four-day visit to military-ruled Burma, sources said. Gambari, whose mission was...