News
March 1, 2013
| KIC
On February 18 a ceremony was held to celebrate the life of a famous Karen artist, Zwekabin Kyaw Lay.
March 1, 2013
| Mizzima
The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) recently wrote letters...
March 1, 2013
| Kaladan
Two Rohingyas collecting firewood and fishing in a forest near their village were brutally murdered by a Burman and Rakhine group on February 26,...
March 1, 2013
| Mizzima
The 22nd World Economic Forum on East Asia will be hosted in Naypyitaw in June under the theme of “Courageous Transformation for Inclusion and...
March 1, 2013
| Kaladan
Security forces, consisting of police, Hluntin and Nasaka, rounded up many Rohingyas who were heading to the Maungdaw market near the Shwezar bridge...
March 1, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar drug lord Naw Kham and three of his accomplices convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong River in 2011 will be put to death by...
March 1, 2013
| Mizzima
A delegation will arrive from the EU in Myanmar this month to assess the timber industry ahead of signing an agreement to export timber to the EU...
February 28, 2013
| KNG
Hkawng Seng Pan, deputy coordinator for the Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT), appeared before a US congressional hearing today in...
February 28, 2013
| Mizzima
London-based rights group Article 19 says the draft of the Myanmar’s new media bill falls short of international standards.
February 28, 2013
| Kaladan
During the 11th Bangladesh–China–India–Myanmar Forum for Regional Cooperation (BCIM) meeting in Dhaka the sub-regional organization of Asian nations...
February 28, 2013
| Mizzima
Concerns have been raised over financial aid provided by the Indian government for development as it will be channeled through the Ministry for...
February 28, 2013
| Mizzima
"We need to adopt a new style of budgeting," said an eminent economist and member of the council of economic advisors to the president, while...
February 27, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Reliable reports said that during the last weeks of February, thirty Burmese government troops were killed in action in its clashes with the Shan...
February 27, 2013
| Mizzima
Htay Aung, the Minister for Hotels and Tourism, has said that Myanmar cannot grow its tourism industry alone and needs international investors. The...
February 27, 2013
| Mizzima
China, Singapore and Malaysia are the largest importers of Myanmar’s rubber, according to rubber exporters in Myanmar.