KIA attacks Burma army convoy in Kachin State
Several trucks belonging to a military convoy in Kachin state were severely damaged Friday following a series of road side bombs. The convoy was attacked near the Mali Hka River outside Japu village in Waingmaw township in Kachin State, according to...
Ethnic leader: USDP anti-amendment speech a spanner in the works
Recent speech made by the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) General Secretary ex-major general Htay Oo will only serve as another fly in the ointment of the ongoing ceasefire talks of Naypyitaw led by U Aung Min and U Aung ...
Poisoning Endangers Giant Prawns in Arakan Coast
Thandwe: Widespread use of poison is endangering the scarce lobster or giant prawn population on the coast of western Burma’s Arakan State, said a local environmentalist.
Villagers Fear Arrest after Refusing to Pay Paddy to Army
The villagers from Palaypauk (Balipauk) Village in Minbya Township in Arakan Sta...
‘The process is neither smooth nor linear’
Establishing peace in ethnic areas will be the most difficult challenge looking ...
Suu Kyi cancels Mandalay campaign trip
Aung San Suu Kyi has postponed her second major campaign trip, this time to Mand...
Burma reveals international debt
Burma owes more than US$ 11 billion in foreign debt in loans that were made prio...
Seventeen Chin homes demolished by Mizoram authorities
Government officials destroyed the homes of 17 Chin nationals in the village of...
Tropical diseases spread in Rohingya refugee camps
Ukhiya, Bangladesh: Tropical diseases, including chicken pox, pneumonia, fever a...
KNU President Saw Tamla Baw says peace needs a 1,000 more steps
The Karen National Union President, Saw Tamla Baw, speaking on the 63rd Annivers...
NMSP and Burmese government sign preliminary agreement
A state level preliminary agreement was signed yesterday between the New Mon Sta...
More coming to Thailand, more tolls on the way
Despite ceasefire agreements reached between Naypyitaw and Shan State Army (SSA)...
Winter threatens refugees along Sino-Burma border
The number of Burmese refugees arriving in Yunnan Province in China increased dr...
Burma Army sends troop reinforcements to Karen areas
Despite agreeing to a ceasefire with the Karen National Union earlier this month...
Burmese Military Oppression Continue in Arakan State
Burmese military oppression is still continuing in western Burma’s Arakan State ...
NMSP and Burmese government sign preliminary agreement
A state level preliminary agreement was signed yesterday between the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and ...
Tropical diseases spread in Rohingya refugee camps
Ukhiya, Bangladesh: Tropical diseases, including chicken pox, pneumonia, fever and measles, have rec...
Mon Women Network accepts the refugee women and children
"The Mon Women Network (MWN) made a decision in its meeting to help women and children, who arrived ...
Seventeen Chin homes demolished by Mizoram authorities
Government officials destroyed the homes of 17 Chin nationals in the village of Saikhumphai, Champh...
Poisoning Endangers Giant Prawns in Arakan Coast
Thandwe: Widespread use of poison is endangering the scarce lobster or giant prawn population on the...
Ethnic leader: USDP anti-amendment speech a spanner in the works
Recent speech made by the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) General Secre...
KIA attacks Burma army convoy in Kachin State
Several trucks belonging to a military convoy in Kachin state were severely damaged Friday following...
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...
KNU President Saw Tamla Baw says peace needs a 1,000 more steps
The Karen National Union President, Saw Tamla Baw, speaking on the 63rd Anniversary of Karen Nationa...
‘The process is neither smooth nor linear’
Establishing peace in ethnic areas will be the most difficult challenge looking ahead in Burmese pol...
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...
Eight fishermen missing in Naff River
Eight Bangladeshi fishermen including Rohingya fishermen have gone missing in the Naff River from J...
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,...
Smuggling of Yaba tablets increasing day-by-day in Bangladesh
Alam (not his real name), a twenty-seven year-old Bangladeshi, smuggled Yaba methamphetamine tablets...
Testing times for students
It was cool and crisp in the early morning on Saturday June 11, 2011. The smells brought in by the m...
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...
Straightening the Dog’s Crooked Tail: One Man’s Opinion
I was shocked when I heard about the gunfire between the KIA and the Burmese Army in Kachin State on...
KNG website attacked by cyber hacker
The website of the exiled Burmese news organization, the Kachin News Group, at www.kachinnews.com, s...
Human rights document to be judged by universal standards
The long-awaited Human Rights Declaration by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is expected ...
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Comedian Zarganar, Khin Nyunt hold meetingThe 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 ... Thursday, 19 January 2012 . |
‘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 ... Monday, 16 January 2012 . |
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 ... Friday, 13 January 2012 . |
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:
Derek Mitchell: Burma policy point man
(Interview) – Derek Mitchell, the special representative and policy coordinator for Burma, talked with reporters at the U.S. embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, at the end of his visit to brief C
Interview: 62nd anniversary of anti-feudalist revolution
A ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the Pa O people’s revolution against feudalism was held on 11 December in Kawng Moong Mong, opposite Maehongson. The following is the interview wit
Burmese deputy FM: Human rights essential
The Burmese deputy foreign minister Maung Myint tells Mizzima that human rights and press freedom are essential to democracy and the National Human Rights Commission plans to provide assista
Burma-U.S. talk about establishing military cooperation
(Interview) – U.S. Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma Derek Mitchell met with Commander in Chief of the Burmese Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing during his third
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