KSPP renews poll campaign, while awaiting approval
The Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP) has started campaigning yet again for the 2010 polls despite lack of approval by.... Read more...
USDP’s criticism not tenable: SNDP
The Shan National Democratic Party (SNDP) categorically denies support by any il...
Nasaka arrest three Muslim villagers for extortion
A Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) official arrested three Muslim villager...
BDR searches for Nasaka defectors in Bangladesh villages
A search is on by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the country’s border security fo...
USDP in memo accuses NLD of wrongdoing in 1990 election
The Burmese junta-sponsored Union Solidarity and Development Party has accused t...
Shopkeepers forced to pay market toll collectors in Maungdaw
Shopkeepers from Maungdaw are facing a complicated situation following harassmen...
Police resume harassment of Rohingyas in Maungdaw
As of last week police in Maungdaw Town have resumed harassment of the Rohingya ...
Forest minister urges voting junta-backed parties
The Burmese Minister of Forests has urged people to vote for junta-backed partie...
700 Karen refugees from junta attacks need emergency aid
More than 700 war refugees in Karen State who fled into the forest towards the ...
North Korean FM visits Burma
North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun kicked off his four-day official visit...
VPDC chairmen reluctant to collect student distinction taxes
Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC) chairmen around Mon State complain that they are uncomf...
Shopkeepers forced to pay market toll collectors in Maungdaw
Shopkeepers from Maungdaw are facing a complicated situation following harassment by market....
Mon party in urgent need of campaign funds
The All Mon Region Democracy Party expects to win seats in the Mon area in the forthcoming 2010 gen...
Chin National Party kick starts campaign, opens sub-township offices
The Chin National Party (CNP) has kick started its election campaign and formed sub-township level ...
Nasaka arrest three Muslim villagers for extortion
A Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) official arrested three Muslim villagers in southern Maungd...
USDP’s criticism not tenable: SNDP
The Shan National Democratic Party (SNDP) categorically denies support by any illegal armed group, i...
KSPP renews poll campaign, while awaiting approval
The Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP) has started campaigning yet again for the 2010 polls despi...
Forest minister urges voting junta-backed parties
The Burmese Minister of Forests has urged people to vote for junta-backed parties in the forthcoming...
Three detained villagers killed by Burmese Army
With no let up in its brutal high handedness in Karen State, the Burmese Army has killed three villa...
USDP in memo accuses NLD of wrongdoing in 1990 election
The Burmese junta-sponsored Union Solidarity and Development Party has accused the National League f...
Appeal to Thai PM to review security of migrants
Labour rights advocacy groups in an open letter to the Prime Minister of Thailand on July 19, appea...
Eight fishermen missing in Naff River
Eight Bangladeshi fishermen including Rohingya fishermen have gone missing in the Naff River from J...REFUGEES WITH NO PLACE TO FLEE
Early on the morning of January 14, 2009, most residents of Ban Don Yang Camp, at Three Pagoda’s Pa...
It’s all work and no school for Rohingya children.
Every morning, 11 year old Sayedul Amin helps his three younger brothers get up and get ready for s...
MON LOSE HOPE
“The period of ceasefire is gone,” the General Secretary of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) quoted a...Burma’s 2010 elections reveal ugly truths
Burma’s military junta is enjoying being a media celebrity in the build-up to elections it previous...
Arakaneses have little hope in election results
Some people in Arakan state are not interested in the upcoming 2010 election, promised by the milit...
UPHILL STRUGGLE: GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAKES DIFFICULT LIVES OF BURMESE MIGRANTS EVEN WORSE
Kaw Kaw’s has a dream, that someday her family will be reunited and have enough money to live togeth...
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 ...Women journalists Increasing in Number, But Face Many Challenges
Although there are many more women journalists in Burma now, they face many challenges while trying...Regime’s election plans leave villagers in the dark
With just six months before the year’s end, people in Burma are none the wiser about when the milit...Burmese migrant workers denied May Day holiday
Labor Day, May 1, is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world by workers and their national ...ILO aids child soldier but many march on
Young Thu Zin Oo made his daily trip across the Pun Hlaing River from his village in North Okkalapa...Humans and goods sold at Chiang Mai's Night Bazaar a copy of the real thing
Most of the sellers in Chiang Mai’s night bazaar are illegal Burmese migrants risking arrest and pr...
Rohingya refugee students hope for a new life in a third country
Roma Begum, is a 14 year-old class VII student at Nayapara refugee camp, in south eastern Banglades...Thai government extends state of emergency
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on 6 June 2010 announced that the Thai government will indefinitel...The electoral curse of poor, divided countries
As time draws ever nearer for Burma’s 2010 general election, news of allegations of electoral irreg...
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