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January 21, 2013
| KIC
Following the release of four protesters last week, an international advocacy group, Burma Campaign UK, called on the Burma government to stop using...
January 19, 2013
| Mizzima
The Burmese government on Friday announced that it was calling a halt to its military offensive against the Kachin Independence Army with effect from...
January 19, 2013
| Mizzima
Census experts from around the globe met in Burma this week to begin preparations for the country's 2014 Population and Housing census.
January 19, 2013
| Mizzima
Japan has given US $1.5 million towards the research of converting rice husk gas into electricity in a deal signed last week.
January 19, 2013
| Mizzima
China's foreign ministry has called for a ceasefire in Burma’s Kachin State following the landing of a Burmese artillery shell on Chinese soil on...
January 18, 2013
| KNG
A coalition of 16 civil society groups issued a joint statement this week urging Aung San Suu Kyi and her fellow parliamentarians in the National...
January 18, 2013
| Mizzima
The landmine clearance program in Pegu Region has been delayed due to the leadership reshuffle within the Karen National Union (KNU), said Norwegian...
January 18, 2013
| Kaladan
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have arrested more than 85 Rohingya and deported them to Burma after conducting raids from Jan.15-16, according to one...
January 18, 2013
| Mizzima
US-based rights watchdog Freedom House has released its annual “Freedom in the World” rankings for the past year in which Burma, or Myanmar, was...
January 18, 2013
| Mizzima
Bangladeshi Buddhist families have resettled to Karayni Natala village in Maungdaw south, Arakan state, according to one Maungdaw officer.
January 18, 2013
| Kaladan
Bangladeshi Buddhist families have resettled to Karayni Natala village in Maungdaw south, Arakan state, according to one Maungdaw officer.
January 18, 2013
| Mizzima
Burma’s Lower House of Parliament approved by a voice vote on Friday a motion calling for a ceasefire in hostilities between government forces and...
January 18, 2013
| Mizzima
London-based Deloitte, the largest of the “Big Four” professional services firms—ahead of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG—has...
January 17, 2013
| Mizzima
The vice-chairman of the Burmese government’s Peace Making Work Committee, Minister Aung Min, will extend another offer of negotiations to the Kachin...
January 17, 2013
| KIC
International and local human rights groups have demanded the USA and UK pressure Thein Sein’s government to stop the Burma Army’s use of air and...