News
April 27, 2010
| Maung Aye
Eighteen sex workers were produced by police on Friday in the Maungdaw court in western Burma. They were charged with anti-social activities a week...
April 27, 2010
Salt production in Arakan State is very high given the hot weather and low rainfall this summer, said a salt trader....
April 27, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
The ceasefire Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’ is likely to split into two factions due to some of its brigades’ response to comply with Naypyidaw’s...
April 27, 2010
Continuing with its drive against infiltration, Bangladesh pushed back 40 Arakanese Rohingyas arrested from various places along the border. The push...
April 27, 2010
IMNA’s reporters have learned that following the New Mon State Party’s (NMSP) refusal of the State Peace and Development Council’s (SPDC) “people’s...
April 27, 2010
| Mungpi
Burmese activists and community leaders in the United States have urged US Senator Richard Lugar to continue pushing for targeted sanctions on Burma’...
April 27, 2010
| Myo Thein
Junta crony firm Asia World has without notice, since the Buddhist New Year, more than doubled tolls and is charging for river crossings on the...
April 27, 2010
Soaring temperatures in Rangoon has sent air conditioners flying of shop shelves with sales figures sky rocketing to 150 per cent....
April 27, 2010
| Mungpi
European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed to extend its existing economic sanctions against military-ruled Burma for another year, and called...
April 26, 2010
In a major development that may lead to fresh armed conflict between the armed ceasefire groups and the Burmese Army, the National Democratic Front...
April 26, 2010
| Myint Maung
The main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, is to halt its political activities and “plunge headlong into possible social work”...
April 26, 2010
| Loa Htaw
Mon political groups informed IMNA today that they support the NMSP’s decision to reject the Burmese government’s demands that the party’s armed wing...
April 26, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
The Burmese Army has launched the anticipated military onslaught on the United Wa State Army’s (UWSA), in its 171st Military Region along the Thai-...
April 26, 2010
Seven suspected "activists" in their 20s and 30s have been arrested in central Rangoon amid a security crackdown following blasts during New Year...
April 26, 2010
A villager was arrested and money extorted by Burma’s border security force (Nasaka in Burmese) on April 22 on the allegation that he had renovated...