Archive Two

September 6, 2012
MasterCard Inc. says it has issued a license to one of Burma’s largest banks to offer services at...
September 6, 2012
Chins in Burma are being denied the freedom to practice the Christian religion, said a new report...
September 6, 2012
A huge demonstration at a Burmese state copper mining company on Wednesday saw farmers asking that...
September 6, 2012
Officials with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) claim that at as many as 140 soldiers from the...
September 6, 2012
The Shan State Army (SSA) North ordered two Burma Army men, one a captain, after it was informed...
September 5, 2012
A township-level cultural dance competition concluded on 1 September 2012 in Matupi, the second...
September 5, 2012
President Thein Sein made nominations to two Cabinet posts in a message to the Burmese Parliament...
September 5, 2012
A guitar, with a painting by three 88-generation student leaders, was sold for 58.8 million kyat (...
September 5, 2012
Burma’s Parliament on Tuesday approved the government’s reshuffle of ministries, increasing the...
September 5, 2012
The commission that was recently formed to investigate the Arakan sectarian violence that occurred...
September 5, 2012
A public meeting will be held in Rathedaung in Arakan State with public representatives from all...
September 5, 2012
Continued influx of rural people from southern Shan State, more than half a year after ceasefire...
September 4, 2012
The organization of Islamic Co-operation General Secretary, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, is set to arrive...
September 4, 2012
The former Home Minister as well as the commander of the western command, U Maung Oo, was dismissed...
September 4, 2012
The Arakan Liberation Party, or ALP, opened its first liaison office in the strategic town of Kyauk...
September 4, 2012
An Arakanese (Rakhine) public company is being formed with starting capital of 500 million kyat (US...