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Police reinforcements in Nam Kham town

There have been reinforcements at the police station in Nam Kham Township, northern Shan State. While it is difficult to estimate the exact number of new policemen being posted in Nam Kham police station...

Houses to be demolished for expansion of Myitkyina airport

A large number of houses near the Myitkyina airport have to be demolished for its expansion. U Myo Myint, a secretary of the Kachin State Peace and Development Council told this to heads of Aye Mya Tharyar...

Ethnic forces told to colour rifle butts after explosion

In the wake of the bomb explosion in Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) township, the Burmese junta authorities have ordered armed members of three ethnic groups to colour their rifle butts in order to distinguish...

NLD urges Ban to meet Aung San Suu Kyi

The United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon was urged on Tuesday by the National League for Democracy to meet detained party leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his proposed two-day visit to Burma from...

Japan arrests three for suspected technology export to Burma

A North Korean and two Japanese nationals were arrested by Japanese police for illegally attempting to export magnetic measuring devices to Burma, which can help build missiles, said a Japanese police...

Chinese Boy Dies Of Swine Flu In Burma's Lashio

Late onset of monsoons hampers paddy cultivation in Central Burma

Piracy hits Burmese music industry hard

Rohingya issue remains unresolved: Bangladesh Home Minister

Junta grabs relief meant for fire victims

U.N. chief to arrive in Burma Friday

Two bombs explode on Thai-Burma border town

Three Kachin peace groups give into junta

Reporter photographing A/H1N1 patient quarantined

High Court rejects appeal over Suu Kyi’s defense witnesses

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SEAPA gravely concerned by lese majeste threat against Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand; Press freedom group stresses need to review lese majeste law as threat to free expression

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) expresses grave concern over the filing of a lese majeste complaint against the board of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) ...

Foreign media club's board in Thailand charged with lese majeste

The entire board of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand (FCCT) was charged with lese majeste on 30 June 2009, media reports said. "The Nation" said Laksana Kornsilpa, 57 years old, a translator...

Philippine Army bars journalists from going to evacuation centers

Members of the Philippine Army stationed at Bagan village in Guindolongan town, Maguindanao province, Mindanao, held 52 journalists at a checkpoint for over an hour on 30 June 2009, ostensibly to "guarantee...

Media access to Malaysian parliament tightened

The following is a statement from the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), a SEAPA partner based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Admin rules in Parliament should not deter daily routine of journalists ......

Tried in absentia, Cambodian journalist immediately arrested, sent to prison

The editor-in-chief of the "The Khmer Machas Srok" newspaper, who had been fined and sentenced to a year's imprisonment, was arrested on the same day by the police and sent to the Prey Sar prison, near...

Two Filipino journalists killed within a week

Vietnamese media advocate arrested for "sedition, spreading propaganda against government"

Civil society groups slam Cambodian government's harsh suppression of freedom of expression

Burmese censor board suspends one issue of weekly journal

SEAPA Alert: Philippine court denies motion for reconsideration by alleged masterminds behind Esperat slay

SEAPA Alert: Suspects in murder of Indonesian journalist arrested

SEAPA Alert: Indonesian Air Force detains four journalists to prevent news coverage of plane crash

Inclusion in Philippine military's "Order of Battle" a threat for journalists

SEAPA Alert: Burmese junta allows media into Suu Kyi trial

SEAPA Alert: Filipino journalist, media groups included in military's hit list

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Drug suspects released after paying millions in bribe

The chase unleashed on “Druglord” Naw Kham by the Burmese Army following the shootings at a Chinese cargo ship on the Mekong on February 18 had resulted in the massive arrest of suspects including...

Appalling conditions in Naga Hills Region under Burmese junta

A majority of the Naga, estimated to be about four million live on the Indian side, in Nagaland. The Naga in Burma is in the minority with an estimated population of over 200,000. The Naga in Burma live...

“Thingyan Festival” - the sad side

Even as Burmese people across the country, swathed in a festive mood, look forward to the Burmese New Year and the rejuvenating water festival, a resident in Laputta town of the Irrawaddy delta said things...

Saviours sought to halt Irrawaddy River dam project

The voices like those of a Kachin Baptist pastor against the largest Irrawaddy River dam project site in Burma’s northern Kachin State are often heard saying: “We don’t like it 100 percent but we...

China gearing up for gold pickings in northern Burma

Loads of gold are ready to be taken away by a Chinese mineral company from Burma's northeast Kachin state after the firm found a gold load in the area during a successful preliminary test in late 2008,...

Ethnic Kachin Christians live under duress (feature)

Drowned on the way to help her struggling parents

Abandoning Burma's HIV/AIDS afflicted community

At the mercy of Mother Nature and Burma's generals

Stitching together a life

Burmese People Carry Yoke Of Junta's Survival

Barack Obama's message of change for Burma

Caught in the clutches: the fight to save child soldier

For a better future for youth of territories of Kachin Baptist Convention

Burmese brides for sale

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Head held high Ashin Gambira will never bow to junta

Ashin Gambira, the leading monk of the saffron revolution and a leader in 'All Burma Monks Alliance' (ABMA), has been under detention for one year as on November 4 this year...

Burma's economy: Does sanctions hinder development?

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What is the UN's next game-plan?

Though the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed frustration at the failure of Burmese generals--to take "tangible steps" to include Aung San Suu Kyi and other political opposition...

Will the U.N. unseat the junta?

With the palpable frustration of Burma's democratic opposition to United Nations efforts in Burma following the Special Envoy's most recent visit, but scarce mechanisms through the international body...

Kachins' struggle for survival nipped in the bud

Burma, a golden land has projected its dignity in terms of civil roles in un-erased memories down through half a century since independence. Moreover there have been a lot of disloyalties through centralized...

All that glitters isn't gold

Obama or McCain? For Burma more of the same

Remembering our heroes and rethinking the revolution

Understanding the Bush interest in Burma

Caught between the devil and the deep sea

Cronyism; unhealthy competition in media market

Burma after Cyclone Nargis: devastated, depressed and dejected

Burmese politics: road ahead

Kachin church leaders support Satan