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February 22, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Residents of the town of Mong Yaw, 25 miles northeast of Lashio and its 17 surrounding villages, are finding it hard to prevent their youth from...
February 22, 2012
| KNG
Kutkai Township in Northern Shan state saw heavy fighting Tuesday between the Kachin Independence Army and troops from a Burmese army battalion know...
February 22, 2012
| Mizzima
An opening festival ceremony at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon this week marks the 2,600-year anniversary of the Buddha's enlightenment. It also...
February 22, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma is poised to reap real trade benefits from neighboring countries following its opening up process, now with the Philippines where a bilateral...
February 22, 2012
| Mizzima
Members of parliament from Asean countries will conduct a fact-finding tour in Thailand to highlight issues surrounding Burmese migrant labourers and...
February 22, 2012
| Kaladan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Two visitors who visited their relatives in the Nayapara official refugee camp were arrested by the camp police on February 18, a...
February 21, 2012
| KNG
More than 1,500 Kg of rice recently harvested by farmers in war-torn Kachin state were set ablaze by government troops last week in Waingmaw township...
February 21, 2012
| S.H.A.N.
The Shan State Army (SSA) South that had signed the ceasefire agreement on 2December and the Burma Army are in a state of deadlock in Monghai,...
February 21, 2012
| Narinjara
Burma and Bangladesh have agreed to use small vessels between the two countries in order to boost bilateral trade, according to a report in the...
February 21, 2012
| Mizzima
A group of 88-generation student leaders will visit Myitkyina Township in Kachin State to attend a prayer ceremony to mark the suspension of the...
February 21, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma may relent and allow Asean poll observers to monitor the April 1 by-election, something that it said in the past was not needed.
February 21, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma is planning to create two more international airports, one in Bago to serve central Burma, and one at the Dawei deep-sea port project in the...
February 21, 2012
| Kaladan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officers have been placed alert to arrest Rohingyas who enter Bangladesh without travel documents...
February 20, 2012
| Narinjara
160 Burmese have been suffering from great trouble in Kuwait as their employer has forced to do hard labor in the desert after bringing them to the...
February 20, 2012
| Narinjara
The Burmese regime led by U Thein Sein has reportedly offered peace talks to the National United Party of Arakan, one of the Arakanese armed groups...