News
September 13, 2012
| KNG
At least 26 Burmese soldiers died following two successive strikes by Kachin resistance forces on the Loije to Bhamo (or Manmaw) road in eastern...
September 13, 2012
| Khonumthung
A demonstration was organized yesterday by about 50 Chin refugees in front of Don Bosco Ashalayam, a UNHCR implementing partner, in Vikaspuri. The...
September 13, 2012
| Mizzima
A seven-person delegation led by Turkish Ambassador to Burma Murat Yavuz Ates visited Sittwe [Sittway] and met with officials of the Arakan [Rakhine...
September 13, 2012
| Mizzima
Twelve local private insurance companies have been approved to operate in Burma, local media reported on Monday.
September 13, 2012
| Mizzima
The Kachin Independence Organization [KIO] deputy commander-in-chief Major General Gun Maw has called for a second Panglong-type conference to help...
September 13, 2012
| Mizzima
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Burmese government to provide humanitarian aid...
September 13, 2012
| Narinjara
Soldiers are collecting toll taxes from engine-boats that are transporting on the Kaladan River between Kyauktaw in Arakan State and Pletwa in Chin...
September 13, 2012
| Narinjara
An Arakanese elder who was the former chairman of the village council of Tharak Oak Village in Kyauktaw Township in Arakan State was killed by...
September 13, 2012
| KIC
Thai police have decided that the family of a Karen refugee killed in a road accident will be paid 235,000 baht compensation by the truck driver...
September 13, 2012
| KIC
Gunshots disrupted the elections of the political wing of the armed militia, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, when a former village head disagreed...
September 13, 2012
| S.H.A.N
The government may be serious about making peace with the non-Burman rebels, but the Army is negotiating with Russia for the purchase of unidentified...
September 12, 2012
| KNG
Over the past two weeks fighting between Burmese military forces and members of the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) spread...
September 12, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Asked why some of the civilians who have been working with the Shan State Army (SSA) “North” are being charged under Section 17-1, for associating...
September 12, 2012
| Mizzima
A new CSIS report has recommended that President Barrack Obama meet with both Aung San Suu Kyi and Burmese President Thein Sein when they are both in...
September 12, 2012
| Mizzima
Shan State Army (SSA) commanders say they’re frustrated with the Burmese government in trying to establish a true cease-fire.