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December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
Two Bangladeshi nationals were reportedly arrested on Rae Kyunt Island in Man Aung Township in Arakan State on Saturday after they landed on the...
December 3, 2012
| Kaladan
More people have been deported back to Burma after trying to illegally enter Bangladesh over the weekend. After sectarian violence started in June,...
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s President’s Office in Naypyitaw announced on December 1 the names of a 30-strong team to investigate whether the Monywa copper mine project...
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
A book about the armed ethnic groups of Burma is to be launched on Tuesday, December 4, in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand.
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s President Thein Sein asked opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday to head an investigation into the planned expansion of the...
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
The injuries to Buddhist monks who were involved in the crackdown at Latpadaung copper mine on Thursday were caused predominantly by burns, but not...
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
In a message to mark World AIDs Day on December 1, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for global efforts to halt and begin to reverse the...
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
Voices from around the world condemned Thursday’s crackdown on peaceful protesters by riot police at Monywa copper mine in Sagaing Division and...
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
The Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon will provide the setting for the “INTO MYANMAR ICT Global Summit: Mobile Telecom | Internet Infrastructure | Cloud...
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
Real estate agents in the Burmese capital are enthused that the long neglected market for houses in Naypyitaw is finally showing signs of a boom.
December 3, 2012
| Mizzima
A sharp increase in the number of visitors to Inle Lake in southern Shan State is forcing up the room rates at hotels and guest houses this season.
November 30, 2012
| Mizzima
Buddhist monks and activists initiated a protest at Sule Pagoda in Rangoon, starting at 4 pm on Friday, to protest the violent crackdown by riot...
November 30, 2012
| S.H.A.N
In response to criticisms that the 3-day Shan conference in Rangoon that concluded Wednesday, 28 November, did not come up with formal resolutions,...
November 30, 2012
| KIC
The Phan Foundation officially announced its call for nominees to enter the 5th year of the Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award. The cut off date for...
November 30, 2012
| Kaladan
Rohingya travelling on four small boats were arrested and deported by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Coast Guard of Bangladesh while trying to...