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June 28, 2010
Executive members of the Provisional Shan State Congress, formed in December 2008, on Friday, 25 June, reached an agreement that the future Shan...
June 28, 2010
Following opposition from some Arakanese politicians the Kaman National Progressive Party, recently granted approval by the Election Commission,...
June 28, 2010
Prices of different varieties of rice have gone up in markets in north Arakan State, which also saw a declining trend of some essential commodities...
June 28, 2010
Another rare white elephant was captured by Hloontin (armed police) yesterday in the forests of Maungdaw Township,...
June 27, 2010
| Thomas Maung Shwe
One of China’s biggest arms makers signed a contract with a Burmese junta-controlled entity this month involving “co-operation” in a Monywa copper...
June 27, 2010
An alarming rise in drug addiction is in evidence in Kachin State in Northern Burma despite the Burmese military junta’s ongoing drug eradication...
June 25, 2010
| Kyaw Mya
Burmese activists in Australia are not expecting any big foreign policy shifts on Burma, they said, after Julia Gillard was sworn in as the country’s...
June 25, 2010
Burma’s Prime Minister U Thein Sein arrived in Maungdaw Town by helicopter on June 23 to survey flood affected areas and distribute relief to flood...
June 25, 2010
In an age old practice the Burmese military junta backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) is distributing money to people to vote during...
June 25, 2010
The Township Peace and Development Council (TPDC) of Maungdaw Township has permitted villagers of the Township to trade in cattle in the township...
June 25, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
Two top level regional commanders of Shan State made a trip to the Sino-Burma border to inspect military bases facing ethnic ceasefire groups,...
June 25, 2010
The junta’s Election Commission has approved applications of two more political parties in Arakan State to contest the forthcoming elections,...
June 25, 2010
New registration fees for two-wheelers have been reduced by Burma’s Transport Department in Hakha town, Chin state western Burma from the first week...
June 24, 2010
It is becoming increasingly evident after the Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP) appealed to the Union Election Commission (UEC) for the second...
June 24, 2010
| konee
Human rights abuse, such as torture on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Burma by Burmese Army troops seems be decreasing because the ruling...