News
September 6, 2012
| Mizzima
MasterCard Inc. says it has issued a license to one of Burma’s largest banks to offer services at ATMs and private companies.
September 6, 2012
| Mizzima
Chins in Burma are being denied the freedom to practice the Christian religion, said a new report by the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)...
September 6, 2012
| Mizzima
A huge demonstration at a Burmese state copper mining company on Wednesday saw farmers asking that their land be returned.
September 6, 2012
| KNG
Officials with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) claim that at as many as 140 soldiers from the Burmese military died on August 29 following a...
September 6, 2012
| S.H.A.N
The Shan State Army (SSA) North ordered two Burma Army men, one a captain, after it was informed civilians taken by the Burma Army would be freed in...
September 5, 2012
| Khonumthung
A township-level cultural dance competition concluded on 1 September 2012 in Matupi, the second capital of Chin state in Burma.
September 5, 2012
| Mizzima
President Thein Sein made nominations to two Cabinet posts in a message to the Burmese Parliament on Tuesday.
September 5, 2012
| Mizzima
A guitar, with a painting by three 88-generation student leaders, was sold for 58.8 million kyat (US$ 66,627) at a fund-raising music concert in...
September 5, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s Parliament on Tuesday approved the government’s reshuffle of ministries, increasing the number to 36, including six ministers located in the...
September 5, 2012
| Narinjara
The commission that was recently formed to investigate the Arakan sectarian violence that occurred last June in Arakan State will go to Arakan state...
September 5, 2012
| Narinjara
A public meeting will be held in Rathedaung in Arakan State with public representatives from all townships in the region with the aim of lending a...
September 5, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Continued influx of rural people from southern Shan State, more than half a year after ceasefire agreements were signed proves that the much vaunted...
September 4, 2012
| Narinjara
The organization of Islamic Co-operation General Secretary, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, is set to arrive in Burma this week to pressure the Burmese...
September 4, 2012
| Narinjara
The former Home Minister as well as the commander of the western command, U Maung Oo, was dismissed from the position of in-charge of the Arakan Land...
September 4, 2012
| Narinjara
The Arakan Liberation Party, or ALP, opened its first liaison office in the strategic town of Kyauk Taw, on the upper Kaladan River, close to Chin...