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May 8, 2013
| S.H.A.N
In April, Myanmar Post and Telecommunication (MPT) unveiled a 1,500 Kyat (less than $2) worth CDMA mobile SIM to the public in the country and has...
May 8, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Loi Taileng — 19 May 2012 was the last time the Shan State Army (SSA) South, officially the Restoration Council of Shan State /Shan State Army (RCSS/...
May 8, 2013
| Mizzima
The Ministry of Electric Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Thai energy company, Green Earth Power (GEP), to build a US$275...
May 8, 2013
| Mizzima
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission has urged the government and the Central Committee for Implementation of Stability and Development in...
May 8, 2013
| Mizzima
A Mon youth group has urged authorities to release all 11 people detained since mid-April for allegedly attacking a police officer during the...
May 8, 2013
| Mizzima
Defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met on Tuesday in Brunei to discuss ongoing relations across the bloc.
May 8, 2013
| Mizzima
Ten residents of Maday Island, who were charged on April 19 for protesting against the island’s pipeline project without official permission, were...
May 8, 2013
| KIC
A labor activist was jailed for seven years and six months, after being falsely accused of illegally cutting down trees, Burma Campaign UK, a human...
May 8, 2013
| KIC
Myint Kanpon residents aim to increase the numbers of teachers at the government primary school in Myint Kanpon, Dawei Township, Tenasserim Division.
May 7, 2013
| S.H.A.N
On 3 May, a unit of Burma Army while searching for their men inside the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) base, torched...
May 7, 2013
| S.H.A.N
A Burma Army patrol had recently trespassed on the United Wa State Army (UWSA) controlled area in Eastern Shan State, according to the local news...
May 7, 2013
| Mizzima
Two young men travelling on a motorbike were stopped by national counterterrorism police in a busy residential area of Jakarta on Thursday, May 2. A...
May 7, 2013
| Mizzima
While the Myanmar army has continued fierce military offensives in Shan State, its troops have been guilty of rape and conscripting women as porters...
May 7, 2013
| Mizzima
Building-Markets-logoBuilding Markets, a New York-based NGO, has opened a Yangon branch with the aim of connecting locally owned businesses with...
May 7, 2013
| KNG
A storm caused serious damage to buildings in 4 internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Mai Ja Yang, the second largest city controlled by the...