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October 2, 2012
| KNG
Last week, the Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT) sent President Thein Sein an open letter demanding that he authorize a re-trial for a...
October 2, 2012
| Kaladan
Rohingya women from Maungdaw south were stopping vehicles today to describe to travelers the looting they endured by security forces and Rakhines,...
October 2, 2012
| Kaladan
Personnel from Burma’s border security force Nasaka arrested three Rakhines today in the midst of an assault on Rohingya fishermen in Ywanyotaung...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
PTT, Thailand’s largest oil and gas conglomerate, plans to start an oil retailing operation in Burma with a local partner, the Bangkok Post reported...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission in Rangoon wants to start projects in Burma “as quickly as possible,” said...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
Eight members of the Burmese Parliament said a recent eight-day study trip to observe the workings of the US Congress gave them greater insight into...
October 2, 2012
| KIC
The local people in Ka Moe Thway area, Tavoy (Dawei) town, in southern Burma have called for the Thai government to not to build dirty industry near...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), an alliance of 11 ethnic armed movements, has sent an alternative “six-point ethnic peace roadmap”...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
The Burmese government should drop charges against activists who organized peaceful demonstrations on International Peace Day in Rangoon on September...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
Bangladesh accused Muslims on Monday of attacking Buddhist temples near Cox’s Bazar near the Burmese border on Saturday, where more than a dozen...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
As a new relationship emerges between the US and Burma, Than Swe, Burma’s newly assigned ambassador in Washington, will emerge as a pivotal player in...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi took her US message to the San Francisco bay area on Saturday, where she spoke to a large Burmese audience and received an honoury...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
President Thein Sein said this weekend Burma’s government-backed party would face a “neck-and-neck” fight from opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung Kyi, the newly appointed minister of information, did not mince any words when he said in an international media conference recently that...
October 2, 2012
| Mizzima
Despite important political and security developments in Burma, it is too early to judge whether a new action plan will impact on long-standing...