News
April 12, 2013
| Mizzima
The first ever ethnic media conference will be hosted in Myanmar by Burma News International (BNI) from April 25-27 at the Strand Hotel in Mawlamyine...
April 12, 2013
| Mizzima
In the eight months from August 2012 to March 2013, at least nine people were killed and at least nine injured by landmines in Karen [Kayin] State in...
April 12, 2013
| Mizzima
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has said that evidence revealed in a lawyers' group report on Latpadaung suggests that the copper mine...
April 12, 2013
| Mizzima
An inquiry into a fire at a mosque school in Yangon in which 13 boys died has found that the blaze was accidental.
April 12, 2013
| KIC
Following the recent fire that killed 39 refugees and destroyed the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp, people living in camps along the Thai Burma border...
April 11, 2013
| Mizzima
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged support for establishing peace in Myanmar during a meeting with representatives of the United...
April 11, 2013
| Mizzima
President Thein Sein addressed members of the Rakhine State Peace and Stability Implementation Central Committee on the issue of internally displaced...
April 11, 2013
| Mizzima
The investigation committee for the Latpadaung copper mine project made calls for cooperation between the government, local officials and residents...
April 11, 2013
| Narinjara
Kyauk Pru: Arakan state government authority has allowed the local people to hold a demonstration against the Chinese Company CNPC which is a major...
April 9, 2013
| S.H.A.N
On 5 April, citing health, safety and security concerns for the locals, the northern Shan Farmer Committee has filed a petition to the chief minister...
April 9, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Drugs seized recently were burned by the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) on Sunday, 7 April, on the Sino-Burmese...
April 9, 2013
| Mizzima
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted that Myanmar's economy will continue to grow strongly due to ongoing policy reforms. The predictions came...
April 9, 2013
| Mizzima
On April 8, The Shan Herald News Agency reported that Shan rebels had clashed with Myanmar forces in Tangyan township in northern Shan State causing...
April 9, 2013
| Kaladan
Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) is forcing village administration officers to collect money from Muslim villages to fund the upcoming Buddhist...
April 9, 2013
| Narinjara
Two Muslim men, who recently attacked a Buddhist monk while he was meditating on March 28 in Dhama Madai monastery near the Buthidaung prison, were...