News
November 15, 2012
| Mizzima
The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released a statement on Tuesday calling on Burma’s neighbors to open their borders to...
November 15, 2012
| Mizzima
The President’s Office in Naypyitaw announced on November 15 that it has formed an Information Committee, which will be responsible for the...
November 15, 2012
| KNG
Exiled Kachin politician Duwa Maran Zau Awng recently sent US president Barack Obama an open letter urging that him not to visit Burma next week...
November 15, 2012
| Mizzima
Burmese President Thein Sein will attend the current ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh from Saturday, November 17, and will stay in the country for four...
November 15, 2012
| Phophtaw
A new agreement to eliminate child soldiers and institute measures to protect children caught in conflict zones in Myanmar has been signed by Swiss...
November 15, 2012
| Mizzima
The Burmese government announced on Thursday morning that it would release 452 prisoners as a token of goodwill and a gesture of friendship toward...
November 15, 2012
| Phophtaw
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) representatives met with Burmese Minister Aung Min in an attempt to iron out several key points during an...
November 14, 2012
| IMNA
Last Friday, eight Burmese government peace negotiators led by President’s Office Minister U Aung Min met with nine representatives of the United...
November 14, 2012
| KIC
A sergeant from the ethnic armed group Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) was arrested and killed by the Burma Army at Pan Ku village in in...
November 14, 2012
| S.H.A.N
In response to recent media reports that the parliament’s bill committee has been assigned by the lower house speaker U Shwe Mann to look into the...
November 14, 2012
| Narinjara
Two Arakanese youths - one a former political prisoner – have been severely tortured in Tamwe Township police station in Rangoon Division.
November 14, 2012
| Mizzima
Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday morning laid a wreath at the tomb of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi. She was accompanied by Lower...
November 14, 2012
| Khonumthung
A new road that is being constructed between Matupi Town and Bawiza area will bring much needed development for paddy farmers in the region.
November 14, 2012
| KIC
The Burma army began repairing the road in Thandaung Township, Karen State at the beginning of November. But the road isn’t being used for the...
November 14, 2012
| IMNA
Thousands of locals enthusiastically greeted the 88 Generation Students Group when it arrived for a three-day tour of Ye Township that concluded...