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September 28, 2012
An officer of Burma’s border security force, Nasaka, in area No.7 called a meeting with village administrators from Maungdaw south to ask for funds...
September 27, 2012
Myanmar Chefs’ Association has reportedly made a donation of US$ 100,000 worth of medical equipment in the capital Sittwe in Arakan State.
September 27, 2012
The first Mon Culture Contest in a quarter century, which includes categories for Singing, Dancing, Composing, and Musical Instrument Performance,...
September 27, 2012
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's recent claim that she was refraining from commenting on the army's ongoing conflict with the Kachin...
September 27, 2012
The US announced on Tuesday it would lift its ban on Burmese imports as a reward for the former military dictatorship’s embrace of political and...
September 27, 2012
Reflecting disappointment in Aung San Suu Kyi’s statements on fighting in Kachin State, a group of 23 Kachin organizations have issued a public...
September 27, 2012
Kachin in the US will hold a rally in New York City to urge President Thein Sein to address the humanitarian crisis faced by the Kachin ethnic group...
September 27, 2012
Nang Kham Aye, regarded as one of the boldest woman MPs, has called for a 5% cut from the proceeds of the ongoing Sino-Burmese oil-gas pipeline...
September 26, 2012
A liaison office of the Chin National Front (CNF) was inaugurated yesterday in Teddim Town of Chin state, Burma, marking the final phase of the...
September 26, 2012
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Burma’s President Thein Sein will discuss the Dawei deep-sea port project in New York on the sidelines of...
September 26, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to about 5,000 Burmese natives in the heart of the US on Tuesday in Fort Wayne, Ind., midway through her 17-day US tour. She...
September 26, 2012
Burma’s President Thein Sein’s mission in New York City this week is to present the new face of Burma to a worldwide audience when he addresses the...
September 26, 2012
The Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai Burma border treats as many as 150,000 migrants and refugees each year, has now called for the Burma government to...
September 26, 2012
Unabated nationalism, tinged with xenophobic outlooks, may be running counter to the successful establishment of the ambitious Asean Economic...
September 26, 2012
The Arakan State Parliament began its fourth session in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan, on Monday more than three months after the third session ended...

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