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September 12, 2012
| Mizzima
The United Nations refugee agency is “seriously concerned” over reports that China has sent back from its Yunan Province groups of Burmese nationals...
September 12, 2012
| Narinjara
The Chairman of the Union Election Commission has reportedly warned the leaders of three Muslim political parties to control rising birthrates among...
September 12, 2012
| Narinjara
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Mr. Joseph Yun and his U.S. delegation have met regional officials as well as...
September 11, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Following the latest clashes last week, many Shan State Army (SSA) commanders appear to have given up trying to reason with Naypyitaw to honor the...
September 11, 2012
| Mizzima
Three Burmese political parties have agreed to raise objections against the coal-fired power plant in Kawthaung, Tanintharyi [Tenasserim] Region,...
September 11, 2012
| Mizzima
Twelve women demonstrators were arrested on Monday in northwestern Burma, prompting a larger demonstration calling for their release. The women were...
September 11, 2012
| Mizzima
US Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell returned from a fact-finding mission to Rakhine State in Burma this week and expressed “great concern” for the...
September 11, 2012
| KIC
A humanitarian organisation that delivers aid to displaced communities in rural Burma reports that despite peace-talks between the Karen National...
September 11, 2012
| KIC
Karenni people from different regions are keen to learn a Karenni language created in 1955 by the former chairman of the Karenni National Progressive...
September 11, 2012
| Narinjara
The 73rd anniversary of the death of Ven. U Oattama, respected as the Beacon of Burma’s Independence was observed by the Arakanese people as well as...
September 11, 2012
| Kaladan
The Rohingya community in Maungdaw met with Derek J. Mitchell, US Ambassador to Burma, today around 10:30am in Nyoung Chaung village, Maungdaw,...
September 10, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Not only the government, but the military has been busy shuffling its commanders since the beginning of September, according to a source close to the...
September 10, 2012
| Mizzima
Burmese President Thein Sein, in early April, met with the Karen National Union in Naypyitaw, where he delivered a wide ranging, informal talk,...
September 10, 2012
| Mizzima
In Burma’s recent cabinet reshuffle, Myat Myat Ohn Khin became the first woman Union minister in more than 60 years.
September 10, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi will leave for the United States on Sunday to receive the Congressional Gold Medal and to speak to various groups in Washington, D.C...