News
February 15, 2012
| Mizzima
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
| Saw Khar Su Nyar
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
| KIC
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
| Mizzima
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
| Narinjara
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
| Narinjara
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
| S.H.A.N
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
| Mizzima
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
| Mizzima
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
| KNG
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
| Narinjara
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
| Narinjara
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
| IMNA
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
| KNG
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
| S.H.A.N
My ramblings about Panglong would have been incomplete without babbling anything about the subject tabooed in Burma: The Right of Secession.