News
March 7, 2013
| Mizzima
“Myanmar is working tirelessly for democratic change and for a lasting peace,” President Thein Sein told the Chairman of the European Parliament...
March 7, 2013
| Mizzima
The Central Bank of Myanmar has issued money changer licenses to three private businesses, according to a report in the state-run newspaper The New...
March 7, 2013
| Kaladan
Nasaka (Burma border security force) arrested 7 Rohingya villagers, all from Udaung village in Maungdaw Township, over allegations of being involved...
March 7, 2013
| Kaladan
Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) have been exploiting the sectarian violence that erupted in Arakan state last June and October to extort money...
March 7, 2013
| Kaladan
Seven villagers that were detained by Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) for constructing a fence around a pond used for drinking water were...
March 7, 2013
| KIC
Despite ceasefire arrangements villagers in Karen State are worried that unscrupulous local officials will force them off their farmland and business...
March 7, 2013
| KIC
Karen villagers in the Pa-an Township area have managed to carve out a niche for themselves while stopping large construction companies from...
March 7, 2013
| Mizzima
Jose Barroso, the European Commission President, has said that he is encouraged by Myanmar's reforms but that much more work is needed. The...
March 7, 2013
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi has said that a sense of trust is essential in all economic reforms. She made the comment during discussions with fellow lawmakers...
March 7, 2013
| Mizzima
The Singapore Red Cross Society is helping to finance a first aid station, complete with two ambulances, on the Yangon– Naypyitaw Expressway,...
March 7, 2013
| Mizzima
Hilton Worldwide have announced that they will open their first hotel in Yangon in 2014 through a partnership with LP Holding Co Ltd.
March 7, 2013
| Phophtaw
After what was perceived by some peace process observers as a leap in the direction of reconciliation, future discourse between the Kachin...
March 7, 2013
| Kaladan
Nasaka personnel beat up a Bangladeshi fisherman inside Bangladesh on March 2, according to Annu Meah, a local fisherman from Ukyiya.
March 6, 2013
| Mizzima
The Union Parliament held a hearing on March 4 in an attempt to expose the identity of Dr. Seik Phwar, an anonymous critic of the government who has...
March 6, 2013
| Khonumthung
Work on a 92-mile stretch of roadway that will connect Matupi and Paletwa Township in Chin state will soon be started by the Union Border Ministry...