News
April 28, 2013
| Mizzima
Yangon day-tour company Journeys Nature and Culture Exploration will enter a joint venture (JV) next month with global group PEAK International...
April 28, 2013
| Kaladan
State level authorities fired shots into the air after a crowd of Rohingyas got upset over being labeled Bengalis, according to one source who didn’t...
April 26, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Not only is the Burma Army stepping up a military campaign against the Shan State Army (SSA) in central Shan State, it has also started another one...
April 26, 2013
| Mizzima
Chinese petrochemicals giant, Sinopec, has agreed to sell 30 percent of its share in an onshore oil block in Myanmar to Taiwan’s CPC Corp, according...
April 26, 2013
| Mizzima
The spokesperson for the 27-member investigative commission set up to probe last year’s communal strife in Rakhine State told Mizzima that, in...
April 26, 2013
| Mizzima
At least one villager was shot and several persons injured when police cracked down on locals in Se Tel village near the controversial Latpadaung...
April 26, 2013
| Mizzima
Norway-based Telenor Group announced on Friday that it hopes to win the government’s telecommunications tender after submitting its bid in June,...
April 26, 2013
| Narinjara
The Burmese community in New York, USA, staged a protest on Sunday against the Burmese Government’s Peace Delegation led by U Aung Min in front of...
April 25, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Loi Taileng — Nippon Foundation, the Japanese organization that has been active in Burma’s peace process since early last year, has warned the Thai-...
April 25, 2013
| S.H.A.N
A rights report on 22 April by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) claims that the ongoing clashes between ethnic armed groups and Burma army are...
April 25, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Loi Taileng — The Shan State Army (SSA) South held an ad hoc meeting on Tuesday, 23 April, at its Loi Taileng base, opposite Maehongson’s Pang Mapha...
April 25, 2013
| Mizzima
Various civic groups, activists and academics in Myanmar have spoken out against Tuesday’s report about the Rohingya crisis by US-based Human Rights...
April 25, 2013
| Mizzima
This week’s decision by European Union (EU) member states to lift all sanctions on Burma [Myanmar] except the arms embargo has received widespread...
April 25, 2013
| Mizzima
A senior representative at Britain’s Foreign Office said the UK government welcomes the decision by EU ministers to lift the remaining sanctions on...
April 25, 2013
| Mizzima
Although 40 political prisoners from one particular Shan armed group were released under the amnesty on Tuesday in Myanmar, none of the 50 or so...