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October 13, 2012
Dr. Tun Aung, the chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council of Maungdaw has been transferred to a Sittwe prison.
October 13, 2012
Buthidaung, Arakan State: Three Rohingya Muslims died after being tortured in a jail in Buthidaung jail, in early Oct., according to a local trader,...
October 13, 2012
Buddhist monks demonstrated in Mandalay and Akyab, the capital of Arakan state, to protest the opening of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)...
October 13, 2012
Hundreds of women in Sittwe, in Arakan state, have taken to the streets to protest against the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The...
October 12, 2012
Kristian Gould from PACRIM Associates - a marketing consultancy that serves as a bridge between clients, government and industry - is working to...
October 12, 2012
Heavy rain and strong winds hit northern Arakan State in Burma last night, said a local villager.
October 12, 2012
The Burmese government and consulting groups discussed plans to move forward the 2014 Population and Housing census this week.
October 12, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t happy with what she calls “disunity” at the grassroots level of some local branches of the National League for Democracy.
October 11, 2012
The second Union-level meeting between Naypyitaw-appointed Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) and the Shan State Progress Party / Shan State...
October 11, 2012
Japan plans to resume its full loan program to Burma “at the earliest possible timing next year,” Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima said in his...
October 11, 2012
Over 1,000 Buddhist monks held a peaceful demonstration Tuesday outside the Bangladesh Consulate in the capital of Arakan State to protest the...
October 11, 2012
House fires broke out twice on Sunday inside the compound of a large mosque located on the Main Road in front of U Oattama Memorial Park in Sittwe,...
October 11, 2012
The spokesperson for the Working Group for Ethnic Coordination (WGEC) Nai Han Thar informed Phophtaw that a meeting was held to review the...
October 11, 2012
Bilateral trade between India and Burma is expected to more than double by 2015, the Burmese consul general told the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and...
October 11, 2012
At least six Burmese soldiers were killed and as many as 15 injured following two separate attacks by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Tuesday in...

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