News
June 27, 2011
| Thea Forbes
Nang and Ingin don’t look like dragons. The 19-year-old Pa-O girls from Shan State in Burma appear rather shy. But they get fired up when encouraged...
June 27, 2011
| Hseng Khio Fah
The United Wa State Army (UWSA), considered the strongest armed group in Burma, and dubbed a terrorist organization with connections to drug...
June 27, 2011
| Mizzima News
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A fight broke out between ethnic Chinese gem traders and local Burmese gem traders at a gem market in Mahaaungmyay Township in...
June 27, 2011
| Mizzima News
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Continuing a run of high-profile foreign dignitaries to visit Burma, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is due to arrive...
June 27, 2011
| IMNA
Independent Mon News Agency - Following the ongoing conflict in Kachin State and several bomb blasts last week in major cities of upper Burma,...
June 27, 2011
| Saw Khar Su Nyar
The Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) issued a statement at the 6th congress in June, urging the newly elected Burmese president, U Thein Sein, to...
June 27, 2011
| KNG
Two high ranking military officers from China and Burma met secretly in Mangshi on June 23 night in China’s southwest Yunnan province, bordering...
June 27, 2011
| Saw Thein Myint
Myawaddy residents are running on scared after recent fighting in the area. Eyewitnesses said a civilian who ignored a Burma army warning not to...
June 25, 2011
| Khonumthung News
A memorial service will be organized by the Chin Community Network (CCN-India) in New Delhi, India tomorrow, to commemorate the death of Salai Tin...
June 25, 2011
| Narinjara News
Sittwe: The Arakan State parliament will convene an emergency session on 30 June, but no specific information about why the session was called has...
June 25, 2011
| Narinjara News
Sittwe: Ethnic Kaman living in Arakan State have been unable to travel freely despite the new government led by President Thein Sein coming into...
June 25, 2011
| KNG
Kachin people and other ethnic activists based in New Delhi, India protested at the Jantar Mantar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today against the military...
June 25, 2011
| KNG
The Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), the largest Kachin Christian denomination urged all its members living in urban areas to help refugees, who fled...
June 25, 2011
| KNG
Civilians supporting the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allies in Northern Burma were threatened with death on June 21 by a Burmese battalion...
June 24, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
The price of raw opium has gone up to 45,000 baht ($1,500) per viss (1.6 kg) and is likely to go up as much as 50,000 baht ($1,600) by the end of the...