Political settlement: A win-win solution for all
No one is innocent in the war on drugs in Burma:
- The people because of their desperate need for survival
- The rebels to buy arms for the struggle against a tyrannical government
- The government and its armed forces for encouraging allies to be involved in...
Pipeline Compensation Causes Disunity Among Villagers
The unsystematic distribution of compensation for land lost to the gas pipeline construction has caused social problems and disunity in the villages in Kyaukpru Township in Arakan State, said U Kyaw Lwin, and MP of the Regional Parliament from the ar...
First Conference of Arakanese Major Political Party to be held
The first conference of Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, the wining party of Arakan in 2010 general election, will be held in May 29, 2012.
Britain largest Burma investor so far this year
Burma drew in investments from eight countries of more than US$ 270 million in t...
Burma to rejoin U.N. tourism group
Burma is seeking renewed membership in the United Nations World Tourism Organiza...
Returning migrants can bring their vehicles
In an effort to further upgrade vehicles in Burma, the authorities will now allo...
Democracy activists remain in prison
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) has urged the British government to push the military-b...
Minister U Aung Min: “Death Railway” to be rebuilt
Three Pagodas Pass – At the May 15th opening ceremony of the Karen National Unio...
Rohingya charged higher vehicle taxes
ome Maungdaw locals claim government agent U Kyaw Zaw is exhorting money by coll...
CBPHWT urges reduction of medicine use in Chin state
Chin Backpack and Health Worker Team (CBPHWT) organised workshops to educate loc...
KIA creates new battalion near Pangwa
The Kachin Independence Army created a new battalion near Pangwa last week, the ...
Karen BGF official shot dead in TPP
An official of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) was shot dead last night, nort...
SSA: Cooperation from Burma Army essential against drugs
Without cooperation from the Burma Army, Naypyitaw’s drug eradication and suppre...
NLD opens village-level offices in Arakan
The National League for Democracy has been opening village-level offices in Arak...
Arakanese Emigrating for Jobs on the Rise
The number of people leaving their homeland in Arakan is increasing by the day d...
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...
Rohingya charged higher vehicle taxes
ome Maungdaw locals claim government agent U Kyaw Zaw is exhorting money by collecting vehicle taxes...
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...
CBPHWT urges reduction of medicine use in Chin state
Chin Backpack and Health Worker Team (CBPHWT) organised workshops to educate locals how to prevent i...
Pipeline Compensation Causes Disunity Among Villagers
The unsystematic distribution of compensation for land lost to the gas pipeline construction has cau...
Political settlement: A win-win solution for all
No one is innocent in the war on drugs in Burma:
- The people because of their desperate need for survi...
KIA creates new battalion near Pangwa
The Kachin Independence Army created a new battalion near Pangwa last week, the former headquarters ...
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...
Despite bad weather KNU open third liaison office
This morning the Karen National Union officially opened its third liaison office in Three Pagoda Pas...
Britain largest Burma investor so far this year
Burma drew in investments from eight countries of more than US$ 270 million in the first three month...
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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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 prMadae 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 ... Monday, 2 April 2012 . |
‘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
SSA South: We still support the UNFC
The following are the excerpts from the interview with the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) spokesman Maj Lao Hseng on Monday, 19 December:
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