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December 10, 2012
| Narinjara
Burmese democratic forces have held a demonstration at the Burmese consulate in New York on Saturday decrying the recent violent crackdown on the...
December 10, 2012
| Narinjara
The Burmese government has issued a statement on Friday opposing Al Jazeera’s plan to telecast a documentary that is said to have included...
December 10, 2012
| Mizzima
The passport holders of an additional 22 countries will soon be eligible to receive visas on arrival in Burma.
December 10, 2012
| Kaladan
Burma’s Vice President Nyan Tun visited Maungdaw to deliver aid and money to Rakhines affected by the sectarian violence but not for Rohingyas.
December 10, 2012
| Kaladan
Al Jazeera reacted to a Burmese foreign affairs ministry press release in the New Light of Myanmar that attacked their new documentary, “The Hidden...
December 8, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s Religious Affairs Minister Myint Maung has apologized to senior Buddhist monks for the violent crackdown by police at the Monywa copper mine...
December 8, 2012
| Mizzima
UNDP-logoThe United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is to implement a three-year new program in Burma providing US $144 million for various...
December 8, 2012
| Mizzima
Malaysian oil and gas service provider Scomi Group said on Friday that it has agreed a US $30 million contract with Thailand’s PTTEP International...
December 7, 2012
| Phophtaw
Government troops launched an attack on the KIA (Kachin Independence Army) with military helicopters. The attack was carried out in Pannwar Township...
December 7, 2012
| Narinjara
A 7-year old local girl was killed after being rape by a worker from a construction site at the Shwe Gas Project on Madae Island in Kyaukpru in...
December 7, 2012
| Mizzima
The Burmese government is strongly opposed to the airing of a documentary by Al Jazeera which exaggerates and distorts the events in western Rakhine...
December 7, 2012
| Kaladan
Valerie Amos, the co-coordinator for United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, told the UN News Centre...
December 7, 2012
| Mizzima
Burmese satellite giant Sky Net has signed a deal with Voice of America to broadcast a range of its programs on Burmese TV.
December 7, 2012
| Narinjara
Buthidaung: School teachers from Buthidaung in Arakan State said the education department in their area has forced them to buy portraits of the...
December 7, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma will receive one million visitors in 2012, according to the country’s Minister of Hotels and Tourism Htay Aung.