News
August 8, 2011
| Salai Z T Lian
(Commentary) – Just over two decades ago, in 1990, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won national elections in Burma, but the ruling military...
August 5, 2011
| Tun Tun
Sittwe: Over 400 students from the Technical University in Sittwe in western Burma's Arakan State have staged a demonstration against the hike in...
August 5, 2011
| Mizzima News
(Mizzima) – Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) General-Secretary Htay Oo confirmed reports that some party members receive cash stipends...
August 5, 2011
| Nyi Thit
(Mizzima) – Rumors have circulated in Rangoon since June saying that the Internal Revenue Department will announce a new tax rate for the sale of...
August 5, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Thirteen Arakanese Rohingya were arrested by the BGB (Bangladesh Border Guard) at the Nila border yesterday while attempting to...
August 5, 2011
| KNG
A Burmese army lieutenant and a soldier were killed and three more soldiers, including a lieutenant, were wounded in fighting with Kachin...
August 5, 2011
| Mizzima News
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – In another sign that the Burmese government is reaching out to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, she has been invited to...
August 5, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
Though the bulk of the besieging Burma Army troops have been withdrawn since 29 July, trucks carrying rice and other supplies have continued to...
August 5, 2011
| Thomas Maung Shwe
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma activists in Canada are demanding a full probe of Canadian mining giant Ivanhoe Mines that they claim has underhandedly...
August 5, 2011
| Khonumthung News
Five ethnic political parties have urged the government of Burma yesterday to bring about a ceasefire between ethnic armed groups and the Burmese...
August 4, 2011
| Kyaw Kha
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Six men have been arrested in connection with distributing 5,000 kyat denomination counterfeit notes in three cities in Burma...
August 4, 2011
| Tun Tun
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The former Planning and Economics minister in Shan State has been caught up in a drama of alleged adultery and drugs, according...
August 4, 2011
| Phanida
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Generation Wave founder and hip-hop singer Zay Yar Thaw can’t sing in a show to raise funds for a home that cares for sick,...
August 4, 2011
| Khonumthung News
The issue of losing income from the forest in Chin state will be brought up in the second regular assembly in Burma on August 22 by the Chin...
August 4, 2011
| Min Bya
Min Bya: Seven villagers from villages in Munbra Township in western Burma's Arakan State are facing charges after complaining and demanding the...