News
January 4, 2013
| Narinjara
Pauk taw: Two Arakanese youths from Saitoke Village in Pauktaw Township in Arakan State were severely injured after they were attacked by a group of...
January 3, 2013
| KIC
Karen National Union leaders left today from the Thai-Burma border to travel to Naypyidaw to meet with President Thein Sein to discuss war in ethnic...
January 3, 2013
| Mizzima
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a statement on January 1 calling for the Burmese government to order a halt to the Burmese...
January 3, 2013
| Narinjara
Sittwe: Over Kyat 40 million worth materials that include wooden sleepers and rivets were stolen from the railway track in Sittwe, the Capital in...
January 3, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Despite ceasefire agreements signed with the two Shan State Army (SSA) factions, forced labor appeared to have increased in 2012 in rural Shan State...
January 3, 2013
| Mizzima
United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called on the Burmese government to ensure that civilians’ lives were not endangered and...
January 3, 2013
| Kaladan
Outbreaks of illnesses are spreading amongst refugees - mostly children - living in official and unofficial camps in Bangladesh. The most common...
January 3, 2013
| Mizzima
The education sector in Burma is badly in need of funds; the country’s telecommunications infrastructure is one of the poorest in the world. But the...
January 3, 2013
| Mizzima
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Thai government to immediately halt its plan to deport 73 ethnic Rohingyas back to Burma.
January 2, 2013
| Mizzima
Burmese government forces on Wednesday continued their ground offensive against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) near the village of Nam Sang Yawng...
January 2, 2013
| Mizzima
Burma’s President Thein Sein said the world was amazed by Burma’s program of democratic reforms in 2012, and called on the people of Burma to join...
January 2, 2013
| Kaladan
Over 450 Muslims who fled by boat from Arakan state have arrived safely in Malaysia according to Rohingya leader Professor Abdul Hamid. But one...
January 2, 2013
| Kaladan
A Muslim man was nabbed by the notorious Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) over allegations he was running a human trafficking ring in Maungdaw...
January 2, 2013
| Mizzima
While Burma’s Kanbawza Bank (KBZ) says its electronic operations with VISA cards are so far running smoothly, rival Cooperative Bank (CB) says it has...
January 2, 2013
| Mizzima
For only US $388 you can now fly return from Rangoon to Hong Kong.