News
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s opposition leader will spend one week touring India, where she will deliver the Jawaharla Nehru Memorial Lecture on Nov. 14.
October 19, 2012
| Phophtaw
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) Joint Secretary Hkun Okker told reporters in Tokyo, yesterday, international observers are needed to...
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s two houses of Parliament opened their 5th session on Thursday. Lower House Speaker Shwe Mann told lawmakers that the country must push ahead...
October 19, 2012
| S.H.A.N
More details have emerged following SHAN report on 12 October on women in the Sino-Burmese border township of Muse rising against local drug...
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
Woodside Petroleum and Daewoo International Corp. have reached a deal to explore for oil and gas in Burma, giving the Australian firm a foot in the...
October 19, 2012
| KNG
Army shelling in the Hpakant jade mining district of western Kachin state killed several Kachin civilians, on Oct. 17, according to local residents.
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
The controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in northwestern Burma will continue to operate despite a growing national outcry against the project,...
October 19, 2012
| Phophtaw
The Students and Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB) held a ceremony to honor youth who sacrificed their lives in the fight for democracy and struggle...
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
Max Manufacturing Company of Burma will increase its daily cement production capacity from 500 tonnes now to 2,600 tonnes by the end of next year and...
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin will arrive in New Zealand on Monday to further economic and diplomatic ties.
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
A tourist ferry carrying 21 Britons and two South Africans set off on Wednesday from southwest China for Thailand, marking the resumption of tourist...
October 19, 2012
| Phophtaw
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) members will meet the Nippon Foundation in Japan. The Nippon Foundation invited the UNFC to discuss what...
October 19, 2012
| Phophtaw
The Karen National Union (KNU) will hold an emergency central committee meeting in KNU’s Brigade -7 headquarters, on October 22nd, according to Pado...
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns arrived in Naypyitaw on Wednesday on an official visit at the same time as a major US human rights...
October 19, 2012
| Mizzima
After human right talks with Burma this week, the US said it now has an “open channel” to discuss political prisoners and other sensitive subjects as...