News
November 29, 2012
| Mizzima
Japan’s Juroku Bank has announced a deal with Burma’s Ayeyarwady Bank, according to a report in the Japan Times on Thursday.
November 29, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Speaking at the third and last day of the Shan forum on Trustbuilding for Peace today in Rangoon, Dr Sai Kham Leik recalled how a cartoon that...
November 29, 2012
| Mizzima
Hundreds of land rovers have found their way into Burma in recent years, but now plans are afoot to begin officially exporting the popular 4 x 4...
November 29, 2012
| Mizzima
Burmese authorities have arrested and charged six activists who protested in Rangoon on Monday against the Latpadaung Mountain copper mining project...
November 29, 2012
| KIC
Gen Tamla Baw, the 93-year-old Chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU), has announced his resignation and retirement.
November 29, 2012
| Mizzima
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) on Wednesday released a statement saying it welcomed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)...
November 29, 2012
| Mizzima
A thousand police officers and security forces moved in on Wednesday to disperse protesters, including Buddhist monks, at the Latpadaung copper mine...
November 27, 2012
| S.H.A.N
In his message to the Trustbuilding for peace consultation, as the Shan conference being held in Rangoon is officially titled, Shan State Army (SSA)...
November 27, 2012
| KNG
The United Nations General Assembly third committee passed a resolution on Monday expressing deep concern about human rights abuses in Kachin and...
November 27, 2012
| KIC
Tavoyan people in Southern Burma, who will be evicted from their homes to make way for a deep sea port and industrial zone deny claims by the project...
November 27, 2012
| Phophtaw
Protesters who have been affected by the controversial Monywa copper mine say they won’t leave until the Chinese financed project is stopped.
November 27, 2012
| Mizzima
Singaporean telecommunications giant MDR Ltd announced on Monday that it was making plans to establish a joint-venture company with three other firms...
November 27, 2012
| IMNA
Chunks of unidentified metal fell from the sky at 6 am on November 22 shortly after sounds like firework explosions were described by local residents...
November 27, 2012
| Phophtaw
The Karen National Union’s (KNU) executive committee has managed to iron out differences during the recent Central Standing Committee (CSC) that...
November 27, 2012
| Mizzima
JCB is to become the third of the major global credit card companies to launch operations in Burma after its international subsidiary, JCB...