"Do you know the government radio is saying a storm will come, Ma Than Than Soe", a customer asked the grocery shop owner on what seemed like an ordinary afternoon in her village, Pyin Wan, in northern Arakan State .

"There is no tribe if there is no tradition," according to Zo Vaphual, an elder of the Zomi Chin tribe, who spoke about preserving Zomi culture through the celebration of the annual Khua Do Festival.

(Interview): After four months of the new military government assuming power in Burma, the Union Assembly was held on 22 August for the second time, followed by the Region and State Assembly on 22 September.

The website of the exiled Burmese news organization, the Kachin News Group, at www.kachinnews.com, stopped functioning Wednesday, September 14th, because of a cyber-attack.