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December 10, 2012
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
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
The passport holders of an additional 22 countries will soon be eligible to receive visas on arrival in Burma.
December 10, 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Burma will receive one million visitors in 2012, according to the country’s Minister of Hotels and Tourism Htay Aung.

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