Chinese vehicles charged for overnight staying in Muse
From this month on, vehicles from China that come to Muse, a small town in Northern Shan State at China-Burma border have been charged for staying overnight in Muse, according to SHAN’s source in Muse.
Fund Collected from Locals for Construction of Schools and Clinics Donated by China-Myanmar Oil Pipeline Project
Money is being forcibly collected from locals in Kyauk Pru Township, Arakan State, in order to construct schools and clinics donated by the China-Myanmar Oil Pipeline Project, U Thanda Maung, a concerned person from the Rakhine Nationalities Developm...
Khun Tun Oo attends Shan training ceremony
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy leader Khun Tun Oo attended the closing ceremony of Shan Language and Literature summer training on Sunday, according to Kawli news.
Border health workers want greater access to Burma
Health workers carrying out malaria control activities – sometimes covertly – in...
KIA attack blamed for loss of electricity in Rangoon
A decrease in electrical power in Rangoon on Saturday was caused by an explosion...
Bangladeshi authorities seize over 270,000 Yaba tablets
Chittagong, Bangladesh: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 270,000 Yaba pil...
Zomi National Congress will change its name for election registration
Zomi National Congress’s (ZNC) application registration has been rejected as a l...
UN chief calls for end to Kachin conflict
Speaking at a press briefing in New York last Thursday a spokesman for Secretary...
Book reviews: The Burmese economy
– Ikuko Okamoto, Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar: Transformation under Marke...
U.S. move to suspend sanctions draws mixed reaction
The United States' suspension of some economic sanctions against Burma has spark...
Arakan State Government investigate matter signed and petitioned by over 600 peoples
The regional government in western Burma’s Arakan State has undertaken field inv...
80 Burmese workers rescued from shrimp factory
The Burmese Association of Thailand along with Thai authorities rescued 80 Burme...
KIO urges Ban's UN intervene in Kachin conflict
In an open letter sent to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon earlier this week...
Burma Army still using torture and forced labor says report
The Burma Army is accused of ongoing human rights violations –including the use ...
U.N. chief calls for end to fighting in Kachin State
After receiving a letter from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), U.N. c...
Minister U Aung Min: “Death Railway” to be rebuilt
Three Pagodas Pass – At the May 15th opening ceremony of the Karen National Union (KNU) liaison offi...
Bangladeshi police arrest undocumented Rohingya
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi police arrested over fifty undocumented Rohingyas from different...
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) delegation visits Burma
ITUC delegation, in its first ever visit to Burma, met with Trade Unions who had applied for registr...
Bangladeshi authorities seize over 270,000 Yaba tablets
Chittagong, Bangladesh: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized 270,000 Yaba pills and detained four...
Fund Collected from Locals for Construction of Schools and Clinics Donated by China-Myanmar Oil Pipeline Project
Money is being forcibly collected from locals in Kyauk Pru Township, Arakan State, in order to const...
Chinese vehicles charged for overnight staying in Muse
From this month on, vehicles from China that come to Muse, a small town in Northern Shan State at Ch...
UN chief calls for end to Kachin conflict
Speaking at a press briefing in New York last Thursday a spokesman for Secretary General Ban Ki Moon...
Security Tightened in Pruso since the Establishment of a Military Training Ground
According to locals, security has visibly tightened in Pruso Township since construction began on th...
80 Burmese workers rescued from shrimp factory
The Burmese Association of Thailand along with Thai authorities rescued 80 Burmese migrant workers t...
Border health workers want greater access to Burma
Health workers carrying out malaria control activities – sometimes covertly – in conflict zones alon...
Half of surrendering Shan rebels are actually civilians
Half of the purported rebels of the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) who recently surrendered to the B...
Disagreement on voting heads to divorce
Couples divorced after they had disagreement to cast their votes for their favorite (preferred) poli...
Education: A Better Life for Shine Moon
A group of students are walking on a hill under the fog of morning. They are on their way to school,...
Why Rohingyas flee to abroad by sea route
Thirty year-old Ahmed (not his real name), is a Rohingya refugee. He and other refugees fled to Mala...
TIDES OF CHANGE
Welcome soft breezes cool the night air as small waves lap the sands near Maung-Ma-Kan Beach, at Daw...
Preserving Zomi Culture Through the Khua Do Festival
"There is no tribe if there is no tradition," according to Zo Vaphual, an elder of the Zomi Chin tri...
One Year on, Giri Victims Continue to be Neglected
Mray Bon: It will be one full year on the coming 22nd of October, since Cyclone Giri struck the Arak...
President Thein Sein: Real Reformer or Pretender?
President Thein Sein seems to be on the right track, when he ordered or instructed the military on D...
NO EASY ROAD: A Burmese Political Prisoner’s Story – Part 3
Thiha Yarzar was housed in cell 51, in a cell range of 60 white concrete cells with iron bars for ...ASEAN Chess: A New Way to Play an Old Game
(Feature) A new hybrid chess playing style was unveiled recently when chess enthusiasts from across ...
A Karenni Refugee Laments Her Painful Past and a Future Without Hope
Karenni Refugee Camp 1, about a one hour drive from Mae Hong Son City, in northwestern Thailand, is ...
Ethnic groups test Burma’s new media freedoms
A group of ethnic journalists inside Burma is to launch a weekly journal called “The Union” in the las...
Moses dreams of reversing Jewish exodus
(Feature) – Moses Samuels dreams about the “Golden Age” for Jews in Burma. Like most Jews everywhere...
Nwe Ni’s long and difficult path
Many people visit the street in Shweli where the bars are. Shweli, also known as Ruili, is a Chinese...
2008 Constitution: What needs to be changed?
Until today, political parties, which won in the 1990 general elections, and ethnic armed groups hav...
KNG website attacked by cyber hacker
The website of the exiled Burmese news organization, the Kachin News Group, at www.kachinnews.com, s...
Burmese democracy and ‘freedom without fear’
When Aung San Suu Kyi speaks of “freedom from fear,” she is not only speaking to the people she is a...
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ARNO President Nurul Islam talks about the Rohingyas’ role in a democratic BurmaAn interview with Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) President Nurul Islam about Burmese President Thein Sein’s reform policies and its effect for the ... Thursday, 17 May 2012 . |
Arakanese Leaders Comment on Entry of Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD to ParliamentDaw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party the National League for Democracy has entered parliament, despite a disagreement over the oath of office to which she and her party ... Friday, 4 May 2012 . |
Exploring Burmese society and cultureJak Bazino, a French citizen who lived and traveled extensively in Burma from 2001 to 2005, recently published a first novel, Zawgyi, l’alchimiste de Birmanie, which was inspired by his ... Friday, 27 April 2012 . |
What is going on on Madae Island, a crucial location on the Shwe Gas pipeline pr
Madae Island located in Kyaukpru Township of Arakan State is a crucial location on the Shwe Gas pipeline project. It is where a deep seaport for Chinese oil tankers is located.
‘The idea of commander in chief is similar to the government’
Kyaw Hsan, the union minister of information and culture, gave Mizzima an exclusive interview in the production office of Myanmar Radio and Television in Rangoon on March 18, 2012, marking t
Comedian Zarganar, Khin Nyunt hold meeting
The Burmese comedian Zarganar; director and actor Zin Wine; directors Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi and Kyi Phyu Shin and former intelligence chief and prime minister Khin Nyunt met for a conversation
‘They ordered me to renounce my monkhood’
Abbot Ashin Wayponela, aka Win Tin of Shwebonetha monastery in Mandalay, was released from Yamethin Prison under the recent amnesty. He was arrested in connection with a communal riot case
I am ‘on the road’
(Interview) – The abbot of Maggin Monastery, U Einda, 52, has been a monk for 32 years. He was released from Lashio Prison on Friday. He was arrested in connection with his support of the 20
88-generation leaders meet with Suu Kyi
(Interview) – 88-Generation Students met with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to talk about their statement: “The Attitude of 88-Generation Students on the current political
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