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March 15, 2012
| Mizzima
Representatives from 85 South Korean private companies will meet with Burmese counterparts during an economic cooperation forum in April to enhance...
March 15, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma’s new law on the right to peaceful assembly falls far short of international standards, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
March 15, 2012
| Mizzima
Restricting the Burmese media’s freedom of speech holds back the development of the nation, National League for Democracy chairman Aung San Suu Kyi...
March 15, 2012
| KIC
The sentencing of Karen National Union leader, Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung, to a life sentence has the potential to derail government peace talks. KNU...
March 15, 2012
| KIC
Despite a ceasefire agreement being agreed to by Karen National Union and the Burma government on January 12th fighting between both sides continues...
March 15, 2012
| Kaladan
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh won a strategic victory in the maritime boundary case with Burma in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (...
March 15, 2012
| Kaladan
Chittagong, Bangladesh: “We cannot afford Rohingya for long with their number increasing as they can come to our land easily by spending only $2 each...
March 14, 2012
| KNG
Armed clashes between the Burmese army and troops belonging to the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) resumed in northern Burma on Monday after...
March 14, 2012
| Narinjara
Bangladesh Foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni is leaving for Germany to hear the maritime dispute verdict delivered by the judges of The International...
March 14, 2012
| Mizzima
China and the United States, in closed-door talks on Monday involving the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, paid “particular attention” to...
March 14, 2012
| Mizzima
All Burmese government employees will be given a US$ 37 pay raise, the Ministry of Finance and Revenue announced on Wednesday via state television.
March 14, 2012
| Mizzima
The Ministry of Mines announced on Wednesday that it would sue the weekly news journal, The Voice , which has published a story saying that several...
March 14, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: One hundred and sixty students from Maungdaw High School are unable to take matriculation examinations which started recently...
March 14, 2012
| KIC
The issue of political prisoners in Burma is still critical, with arrests and government intimidation ongoing, claims a prominent activist...
March 14, 2012
| Kaladan
Buthidaung, Arakan State: Police from Buthidaung arrested family members of a wanted person while unable to arrest the wanted person himself, in...