News
January 11, 2012
| S.H.A.N
The Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) leader Lt-Gen Yawdserk said yesterday the people must be allowed and encouraged to...
January 11, 2012
| Mizzima
The continued detention of more than 1,000 prisoners of conscience remains a major concern.
January 10, 2012
| KIC
Salt producers in Mon State say they are facing heavy financial losses this year as salt prices plummet to below 50kyat a viss (a viss is equal to...
January 10, 2012
| KNG
PKDS president Nsang Tu Awng gave welcome speech to Kachin representatives in the Chiang Mai Meeting on January 3. A coalition of Kachin exiles...
January 10, 2012
| S.H.A.N
A large area of land northwest of Namkham has been reserved for the construction of a massive oil tank before crossing the Mao-Shweli river into...
January 9, 2012
| KNG
Churches and Buddhist monasteries in the Hpakant (or Hpakan) jade mining area of Burma's northern Kachin State have taken in nearly 1,000 refugees...
January 9, 2012
| Mizzima
Aung San Suu Kyi was named chair of the National League for Democracy central executive committee and Tin Oo chair of the NLD patron committee on...
January 9, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: A village administration office staff member forced Rohingya villagers to pay 200 kyat for a photocopy of a document required...
January 9, 2012
| Mizzima
The Australian Government is revising its Burma sanctions list and reducing the number of individuals to whom it applies. The changes are an...
January 9, 2012
| Mizzima
The No. 2 Electrical Power Ministry Minister Zaw Min said on Monday that a 4,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant project to built in the Dawei...
January 9, 2012
| Narinjara
Local youth reportedly launched a brochure campaign on 4 January that demands relocation of the seaport being constructed by India in Sittwe, the...
January 9, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Unnamed Chinese “friends” have presented two of the Shan State Army (SSA) south’s most well-known leaders with New Year gifts of China’s most...
January 9, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma is ready to offer nine offshore energy blocks to bidders, after successfully awarding 10 onshore oil and gas blocks to eight companies,...
January 9, 2012
| Mizzima
The following is the unofficial translation of the preliminary peace agreement between the Chin National Front and the Chin State Government...
January 9, 2012
| Mizzima
88-Generation students told the visiting British foreign secretary before he left Burma the National Defence and Security Council is more powerful...