News
September 26, 2012
| Narinjara
Two of the seven men indicted in the murder case of U Kyaw Maung Chay broke out from their detention in the lock-up in police station in Kyauktaw in...
September 25, 2012
| Khonumthung
The demand made by local people in Paletwa Township of Chin state, Burma, not to split off the area of Sami Sub-Township from Paletwa has been...
September 25, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s President Thein Sein will arrive in the US this week to address the UN General Assembly on Thursday in New York, offering him a chance to...
September 25, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to a university in Kentucky on Monday, saying she worries that Americans take for granted the freedoms her countrymen have...
September 25, 2012
| KNG
The Kachin National Organization (KNO), a group representing Kachin political exiles sent an open letter on September 23 to UN Chief Ban Ki Moon...
September 25, 2012
| KIC
Organizers of a peaceful protest in Rangoon last week said at the time that they were willing to test the law, now that authorities have arrested...
September 25, 2012
| Khonumthung
People traveling in Matupi Township of Chin state, Burma, are being checked without reason by personnel of locally-based Infantry Battalion No. 304.
September 24, 2012
| Khonumthung
International Peace Day was celebrated with an appeal to end all armed conflict in Burma. The event was organized by the Chin Taung Tan Foundation (...
September 24, 2012
| KIC
The regions biggest development investment will threaten local livelihoods, cause environmental risks, and could displace thousands of locals,...
September 24, 2012
| Mizzima
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released copies of draft consultation reports covering 11 key sectors of Burma’s energy, transportation, poverty...
September 24, 2012
| Mizzima
In a joint press conference on Friday at the UN in New York City, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Aung San Suu Kyi spoke after private talks...
September 24, 2012
| Mizzima
As Burmese President Thein Sein prepares to speak to the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, his closest aides said they are not worried...
September 24, 2012
| Narinjara
Four families of the Hindu community were moved to Sittwe from their residences in Pauktaw Township with the assistance of the responsible...
September 22, 2012
| KNG
Senior officials from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) have told the Kachin News Group that the number of Burmese troops who have died...
September 22, 2012
| KIC
The release of 19 Karen political prisoners has raised the hopes that the country’s remaining 800 prisoners of conscience will soon be freed.