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June 9, 2012
The Mae Sot branch of the Thai Labor Protection Office met with the community-based organization (CBO) that represent Burmese migrant workers to...
June 9, 2012
Villagers on Mala Kyunt village in Kyaukpru in Arakan State have written a protest letter to the local authorities after the main road that was built...
June 9, 2012
The government of Arakan State has formed a public committee with priests and elders of different religions and communities in the regional capital...
June 7, 2012
A government investigative committee has been formed to determine the cause and identify the perpetrators in the murder of at least nine Muslims in...
June 7, 2012
The convergence of military, business and government interests aimed at displacing farmers and residents from their homes poses grave dangers for...
June 7, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi has asked Burma’s majority Buddhist population to show “sympathy” with religious and racial minorities following an outbreak of...
June 7, 2012
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Wednesday after talks at her home in Rangoon. Carr, who...
June 7, 2012
Disappointment among the public is growing over the Shwe Gas Project in Kyuakpru on the southern coast of Arakan State as the project continues to...
June 7, 2012
If peace is to be restored and the Union is to be rebuilt, the government must stop acting like a restaurant that offers only dishes it likes,...
June 6, 2012
A statement released by the International Commission on large Dams (ICOLD) last week, has confirmed that the Chinese state-owned firm behind the...
June 6, 2012
Burma remains the world's second largest opium poppy grower after Afghanistan, accounting for 23 per cent of opium poppy cultivation worldwide in...
June 6, 2012
China says the area used to grow poppies in northern Burma increased by 41 per cent in 2011, according to satellite monitoring.
June 6, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi is the focal point of a tit-for-tat squabble in Britain’s Parliament prior to her official visit and speech to Parliament starting...
June 6, 2012
Lt. Gen. Yawdserk, leader of the Restoration Council of Shan State (also known as the Shan State Army), downplayed Burma Army's attack of his men...
June 6, 2012
The Government Technical Institute in Thandwe, a sea resort town in southern Arakan State was closed and its students coming to study from other...

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