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February 6, 2012
The Burmese Election Commission on Monday formally approved Aung San Suu Kyi to run for a seat in Parliament in the April 1 by-election, a further...
February 6, 2012
A report by the humanitarian group Free Burma Rangers (FBR) has accused the Burma Army of human rights abuses and armed mobilization in Karen State...
February 6, 2012
Meeting Shan State Army (SSA) leader Yawdserk yesterday on the border of Chiangmai, President Thein Sein’s envoy U Aung Min announced his efforts...
February 6, 2012
Northern Chin State: Residents of Teddim Township, northern Chin State, oppose the opening of a Chin National Front (CNF) liaison office as part of...
February 4, 2012
Several trucks belonging to a military convoy in Kachin state were severely damaged Friday following a series of road side bombs. The convoy was...
February 4, 2012
Recent speech made by the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) General Secretary ex-major general Htay Oo will only serve as...
February 3, 2012
Thandwe: Widespread use of poison is endangering the scarce lobster or giant prawn population on the coast of western Burma’s Arakan State, said a...
February 3, 2012
The villagers from Palaypauk (Balipauk) Village in Minbya Township in Arakan State are in fear of arrest after being threatened by the army because...
February 3, 2012
Establishing peace in ethnic areas will be the most difficult challenge looking ahead in Burmese politics, a high U.S. human rights official said on...
February 3, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi has postponed her second major campaign trip, this time to Mandalay, after officials said a football stadium would be closed “for...
February 3, 2012
Burma owes more than US$ 11 billion in foreign debt in loans that were made prior to 1988, its finance minister told Parliament this week.
February 3, 2012
Government officials destroyed the homes of 17 Chin nationals in the village of Saikhumphai, Champhai District, Mizoram, northeast India, on January...
February 3, 2012
Ukhiya, Bangladesh: Tropical diseases, including chicken pox, pneumonia, fever and measles, have recently spread among children inside unofficial...
February 2, 2012
The Karen National Union President, Saw Tamla Baw, speaking on the 63rd Anniversary of Karen National Revolution remembered the sacrifice his people...
February 2, 2012
A state level preliminary agreement was signed yesterday between the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Burmese government who was represented by the...

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