News
October 31, 2013
| KIC
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has told a prominent UK based Burma pro-rights group that the British Government continues to receive “deeply...
October 31, 2013
| Phophtaw
There seems to be no end in sight for fighting between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the government’s Tactical Operations Command (TOC) in...
October 31, 2013
| Mizzima
Businesses granted vacant land in Mandalay Region for development projects will have the land reclaimed by the regional government if they do not use...
October 30, 2013
| KNG
The historic summit of Burma's ethnic armed groups focusing on a government-planned national ceasefire pact began on Wednesday in Laiza, headquarters...
October 30, 2013
| IMNA
The Nationalities Brotherhood Federation (NBF) party is in the process of rewriting sections of the 2008 Constitution, according to Nai Ngwe Thein,...
October 30, 2013
| IMNA
Extensive land confiscation in ethnic areas of Burma is slowing down post-ceasefire developmental efforts, explained Nan Paw Gay, who is Burma News...
October 30, 2013
| Mizzima
Drafting of new legislation to replace the Juvenile Law will be completed in December and the bill sent to parliament next year, Social Welfare...
October 30, 2013
| KIC
A series of bomb blasts in Burma in late October has raised concerns over the fragile security situation in Burma. The government alleged that...
October 29, 2013
| Mizzima
An informal alliance of activists has called for the suspension of projects that have the potential to generate disputes between the government and...
October 29, 2013
| Mizzima
Pope Francis called for inter-religious dialogue in Myanmar on Monday at an audience for Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in which the two also...
October 29, 2013
| Mizzima
VMG Telecoms, the company that operates the internet telephone service Y Talk, has applied to offer free overseas calls at SEA Games venues, VMG...
October 29, 2013
| Narinjara
A five member delegates from Pyithu Hluttaw (The house), representing ethnic communities of Burma, have left Yangon for Beijing on Sunday. The team...
October 29, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Burma border police (Hluntin) arrested 31 people after a small boat carrying 150 people capsized in the mouth of the Naf River near Shilkhali (Kyauk...
October 29, 2013
| Mizzima
The Yangon City Electricity Supply Board have partly revised the electricity charge prices for the first time in two years in a bid to cover the...
October 28, 2013
| Mizzima
Another battle yesterday in Kachin State’s Mann Si Township between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army is making life more perilous...