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November 19, 2008
| Nem Davies
Some garment factories in the Hlaing Tharyar industrial zones in Rangoon have reduced their workforce in the face of declining foreign demand, while...
November 19, 2008
Tangbau Kamli, a Kachin youth leader today left for the United States of America, which is accepting Burmese refugees. He was given a third country...
November 19, 2008
In yet another changing of the guard, Burma's military rulers on Wednesday appointed Police Chief, Brigadier General Khin Yi , to the post of Deputy...
November 19, 2008
The Department of Immigration and National Registration (INR) is issuing temporary identification (ID) cards to residents of about 46 villages in...
November 19, 2008
Monk Gambira, who stirred the collective conscience of the nation, by playing a leading role in the monk-led protest was sentenced to 12 and a-half-...
November 19, 2008
Unofficial refugees of Leda camp or Tal face restrictions by local people to go to the mountains to collect firewood, said a refugee Quila Meah...
November 19, 2008
The Burmese military junta continues with its troop build up along the Burma-Bangladesh border though tension has eased after its warships withdrew...
November 19, 2008
| Than Htike Oo
Thirty three years imprisonment was handed out to three activists involved in the saffron revolution including a son of 'Zomi National Congress' (ZNC...
November 18, 2008
| Kon Hadae
Authorities in Three Pagodas Pass, on the Thai-Burma border, have ordered rice traders to stop raising prices, capping the cost of a 35-kilogram sack...
November 18, 2008
| Solomon
The international aid agency Save the Children claims they have assisted at least 100,000 Burmese children affected by Cyclone Nargis in returning to...
November 18, 2008
| Salai Pi Pi
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) yesterday urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to go ahead with his planned trip to Burma next month. CSW...
November 18, 2008
| Zarni
Chiang Mai (Mizzima): In the backdrop of plummeting prices of pulses and beans three big wholesale traders are under investigation by 'Bureau of...
November 18, 2008
Five prominent rights experts associated with the United Nations have today let it be known that fundamental reforms in Burma are necessary prior to...
November 18, 2008
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) should wage war again on Burma's ruling junta in Kachin state, was a suggestion made by a Kachin resident...
November 18, 2008
Stressing that the international community and United Nations Security Council can ill afford to remain silent, the White House on Monday issued a...