News
March 6, 2012
| Mizzima
A constitutional issue is developing in the Burmese Parliament over the question of whether or not parliamentary committees are “union level” bodies...
March 6, 2012
| Mizzima
On her fourth straight day of campaigning, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi asked supporters on Tuesday to vote for candidates in the bastion of...
March 6, 2012
| KNG
The government of Burma agreed that it will talk with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) this week in neighboring China, after the two sides...
March 6, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Numerically, the 48 seats to be contested on April Fool’s Day are nothing to the rulling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), whose logo is...
March 6, 2012
| KIC
The Karen Women Organization issued a media statement late today condemning the attempted rape of a 22-year-old mother who was “viciously attacked...
March 6, 2012
| KIC
Two soldiers from the Burma Army attempted to rape a Karen woman in a location near the Thai border village of Mulu Chai [opposite Thay Baw Boe...
March 6, 2012
| KNG
At least 31 Burmese Army soldiers, including three officers, have died during fighting against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in four locations...
March 6, 2012
| Kaladan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Burma border security force (Nasaka) met on March 3 at Lamba Bill border crossing to...
March 6, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Local people from Maungdaw fear for their livelihoods after sole agent tenders were announced on March 3, according to a...
March 5, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Contenders for National Assembly in Shan State Constituency #3 (Lashio, Kunlong, Hsenwi, Tangyan and Mongyai townships) SHAN has already reported...
March 5, 2012
| Narinjara
Yangon: The Arakan League for Democracy, or ALD, which won the third most votes in the 1990 election, has officially re-registered as a political...
March 5, 2012
| Narinjara
Sittwe: The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, the current leading political party in Arakan State, said it welcomed the emergence of a...
March 5, 2012
| Mizzima
Residents living near a coal-fired thermal power plant project in southernmost Burma are growing more concerned over health issues associated with...
March 5, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma will undertake its first census in 30 years by 2014, with the help of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), official media...
March 5, 2012
| Mizzima
Burmese comedian Zarganar appeared onstage in New York at the first U.S. Secret Policeman’s Ball, as American and British comics took turns using...