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June 24, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
Latest reports say that the ruling Burmese military junta had told the United Wa State Army (UWSA) during a meeting in Panghsang on 22 June, that its...
June 24, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) is planning to hold a drug bonfire on UN World Anti-drugs Day, on June 26, at its headquarters in Panghsang, 100 km...
June 24, 2010
| Thomas Maung Shwe
Thirty-one Rohingya refugees in a detention centre in Darwin, Australia are entering the 10th day of a hunger strike today in protest at the...
June 24, 2010
| Phanida
US Senator John Kerry’s assistant Robin Lerner met senior members of the National League for Democracy on Tuesday to discuss the party’s stance on...
June 24, 2010
| Phanida
Burma’s electoral watchdog has banned marching in procession, holding flags, chanting slogans or any act urging supporters to protest against the...
June 24, 2010
| Kyaw Kha
The party created by Burma’s ruling military junta is employing coercive measures to recruit new members while canvassing in Chaungsone Township,....
June 24, 2010
Social and religious groups along with parents are up in arms and want total prohibition in Matupi township Chin State, western Burma.....
June 24, 2010
Kachin ethnic political group abroad has come down heavily on the advice of a former armed group leader, Zahkung Ting Ying to the Kachin Independence...
June 23, 2010
| Jaloon Htaw
Frequent trainings on HIV/AIDS education and awareness in Mon State by one organization appear to be successful in encouraging HIV positive...
June 23, 2010
In a harassment of the worst kind, a patient wanting to go to Sittwee (Akyab), the capital of Arakan State from Buthidaung Township for treatment has...
June 23, 2010
Illegal export of timber from Burma to China is a flourishing business and the Aung Mai Company is in the thick of this trade. Aung Mai has a license...
June 23, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
Even as the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have expressed grave concern over Burma’s nuclear weapons...
June 23, 2010
A cargo ship carrying rice arrived and anchored on Tuesday in Maungdaw, a western Burma border town, which was recently hit by floods and landslides...
June 23, 2010
Burma's Prime Minister U Thein Sein is scheduled to arrive in Maungdaw on the western Burma border today to survey flood affected areas,....
June 23, 2010
| Perry Santanachote
Protests outside Burma’s permanent mission to the UN in New York were victim to junta violence of a singular kind at the weekend as a staff member...