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February 15, 2012
Campaigning in Kawhmu Township in a caravan that trailed more than 200 cars and thousands of motorcycles, National League for Democracy (NLD)...
February 14, 2012
A Korea Christian group made the long journey from their homeland to to Kyay Poe Kee village, Hlaingbwe Township in Karen State tearlier this month...
February 14, 2012
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, released a statement last week that highlighted the challenges facing the...
February 13, 2012
If Burma makes the right investments in education and health, it can become the next “economic power house in the region,” the U.N. assistant...
February 13, 2012
Man Aung: The National League for Democracy (NLD) has opened an office in Manaung Township in southern Arakan State on the 9th February.
February 13, 2012
Thandwe: A fire that broke out in Myoma Market in Thandwe in southeastern Arakan State in the early morning on 11 February gutted over 740 stores in...
February 13, 2012
The military proxy, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), may hold overwhelming majority seats in the three-tiered parliament, but that has...
February 13, 2012
The special adviser to the U.N. secretary-general told Burmese officials on Sunday that more support for health and education programs is crucial for...
February 13, 2012
The Australian publisher of The Myanmar Times, Ross Dunkley, was interviewed last week about the political changes in Burma and his role now on the...
February 11, 2012
According to sources in the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) the latest round of peace talks between Burma's second strongest armed ethnic...
February 10, 2012
Re-registering the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) that won the majority of votes in the 1990 elections in western Burma’s Arakan State will not...
February 10, 2012
A retired army officer who is deputed to sign on behalf of the Chief Minister of the Arakan State, U Hla Maung Tin, has been manipulating affairs of...
February 10, 2012
More than 3,000 Mon migrant workers joined in Mon National Day (MND) celebrations on the Thai island of Phuket at Nar Gut Mountain, where the ‘Big...
February 10, 2012
The past 72 hours have seen more fighting between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and government forces, this despite the fact that both...
February 10, 2012
My ramblings about Panglong would have been incomplete without babbling anything about the subject tabooed in Burma: The Right of Secession.

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