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January 2, 2013
| Kaladan
Six security personnel allegedly tried to rape the female members of a Rohingya family living near their station on Dec.31, according to a member of...
January 2, 2013
| Mizzima
The Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards, a local version of Hollywood’s Oscars, celebrated its return to Rangoon on Sunday night after four years...
December 29, 2012
| KNG
Four fighter jets and two helicopters attacked Kachin Independence Army (KIA) positions near the Laiza headquarters capital on Friday. In the morning...
December 29, 2012
| Mizzima
The Karen National Union (KNU) has said that it intends to reshuffle the members of its peace team now that a new leadership has been elected,...
December 29, 2012
| Mizzima
Twenty-eight Chinese coaches arrived in Rangoon this week to begin training Burmese athletes to help the host country prepare for the 27th Southeast...
December 28, 2012
| Mizzima
Following Burmese President Thein Sein’s meeting with representatives of the China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO) in Naypyitaw on...
December 28, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Those bent on divide-and-rule may not like it, but it is a fact that Shan movements, both armed and unarmed, are developing closer relations...
December 28, 2012
| Narinjara
Maugdaw: 14 Buddhist families from Bandarban District under Chittagong Hill Tract in Bangladesh have sought shelter in Burma after entering into...
December 28, 2012
| Kaladan
Rohingya who faced difficulties cultivating rice from instability resulting from sectarian violence are being forced to hand over whatever they could...
December 28, 2012
| Kaladan
More than 15 Rohingya woodcutters have been arrested by the military on Dec. 25 , said a villager.
December 28, 2012
| Mizzima
Four people smugglers were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison by a Thai court on Thursday over a 2008 incident when 54 migrant workers from Burma...
December 28, 2012
| Mizzima
A woolen sweater hand-knitted by Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sold for US $49,000 at a charity auction at People’s Square in Rangoon on...
December 28, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s President Thein Sein on Wednesday called for administrative improvements from the grassroots level to the Union level as the third step of a...
December 27, 2012
| Mizzima
The Nippon Foundation said that it had completed the shipment of relief goods including rice and medicines to Mon State on December 25, the first of...
December 27, 2012
| Mizzima
A Chinese court on Wednesday rejected appeals by Shan drug lord Naw Kham and three of his subordinates, upholding the death penalties imposed on them...