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June 4, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi strode through Yangon International Airport on Sunday waving to passengers, ending her six-day trip to neighboring Thailand and told...
June 4, 2012
An agreement to build a new 500-megawatt gas-fired power plant has been signed by the Burmese Minister for Electric Power No-2, Khin Maung Soe, the...
June 4, 2012
What’s believed to have been a clash between Buddhist and Muslims in Rakhine State in western Burma has claimed the lives of nine people, according...
June 4, 2012
Burma has abandoned its primitive nuclear program and has reduced its ties with North Korea, the Burmese defence minister said on Saturday.
June 3, 2012
A 55-year-old man was beaten by a police second corporal in Taungup in southern Arakan State and sustained a wound that needed five stitches at the...
June 3, 2012
Eight people were killed in a vehicle accident on Friday in Thandwe, a southern town in Arakan State, report local and police sources.
June 3, 2012
Burma’s pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived at Mae La refugee camp, home to 45,000 refugees from Burma.
June 3, 2012
Thousands of Burmese people living and working in the Thai border town of Mae Sot say they are bitterly disappointed they did not to get to see their...
June 3, 2012
Burmese armed forces on Kachin’s frontlines was the most pressing issue discussed during a closed-meeting between the new government peace...
June 2, 2012
Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said Burma needs “rule of law” more than safeguards for investors at this time in the country’s...
June 2, 2012
Mizoram State police raided a civil society meeting in Aizawl, the capital, on Thursday, in which the role of civil societies in peace and...
June 2, 2012
Amnesty International concluded its first official visit to Burma since 2003, it said in a recent statement.
June 1, 2012
The bodies of four Burmese soldiers have been found near Tui Vang, Sagaing Division. Two more soldiers have been reported to be missing.
June 1, 2012
In accordance with the agreement signed last month in Kengtung, the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) is organizing...
June 1, 2012
The exiled branch of the Arakan League for Democracy in Japan has urged two major political parties in western Burma’s Arakan State, the Rakhine...

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