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September 19, 2012
| Khonumthung
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) held an ethnic conference in Thailand from 14 to 16 September to draw up a political strategy for the...
September 19, 2012
| Kaladan
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 37 Rohingyas on the Burma-Bangladesh border on 18 September and drove them back into Burma later the same...
September 19, 2012
| Mizzima
A Kachin group in the US said it would boycott Aung San Suu Kyi’s Congressional award ceremony on Wednesday, while asking her to speak out and use...
September 19, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi said she doesn't fear the Burmese army taking over the government “too much,” but the reforms over the past year are not yet “...
September 19, 2012
| Mizzima
On her first full day in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aung San Suu Kyi said she supported easing the remaining US economic sanctions on her country...
September 19, 2012
| S.H.A.N
After more than six weeks under custody, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) released the 20 Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’ fighters, according to Shan...
September 19, 2012
| Narinjara
Around 100 Arakanese people welcomed and received the well-known historian Dr. Aye Chan at Yangon airport on the 15th of September when he returned...
September 19, 2012
| Narinjara
A business team that is now in Bangladesh is expected to visit Arakan state, Burma next Friday, according to a report from Cox’sbazar net.
September 18, 2012
| Mizzima
The European Commission has adopted a proposal to bring Burma back under the so-called “Everything But Arms” preferential trade regime which would...
September 18, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s new government began releasing 514 prisoners, the latest in a series of amnesties. The release comes as Burma's two top leaders – President...
September 18, 2012
| IMNA
During a three-day conference near the Thailand-Burma border, 130 ethnic political leaders and representatives from civil society and armed ethnic...
September 18, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Why did they hold the ethnic nationalities conference, 14-16 September? The following excerpts from the first day’s speeches and presentations...
September 18, 2012
| Narinjara
114 Bangladeshi prisoners and 52 Burmese citizens were released today from Sittwe prison in Arakan state, said government officials.
September 18, 2012
| Narinjara
Bangladesh Police arrested 112 people on charge of trying to go to Malaysia crossing the Bay of Bangal in engine boats, said a report of Bangladesh...
September 17, 2012
| Mizzima
The government of Burma should immediately release all remaining political prisoners and lift travel and other restrictions on those freed, Human...