News
March 18, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
Since Sunday, the ceasefire Shan State Army (SSA), better known as the SSA North (to differentiate it from the non-ceasefire SSA, commonly known as...
March 18, 2011
| Hseng Khio Fah
The Shan State Army (SSA) ‘North’, the group that has been fighting with the Burma Army since Sunday, 13 March, was given ultimatum to surrender by...
March 18, 2011
| Narinjara News
The Burmese army is waging war against ethnic insurgent groups on the western Burmese border using a "four cuts" strategy after the War Office in...
March 18, 2011
| Thomas Maung Shwe
Members of Burma’s opposition criticised FIFA President Sepp Blatter and the organization’s general secretary Jerome Valcke for visiting Burma this...
March 18, 2011
| Thea Forbes
Soe Lwin is a slightly nervous, neatly dressed Burmese refugee waiting in the Thai border town of Mae Sot for a better life. There is nothing unusual...
March 18, 2011
| Jai Wan Mai
After two days of fighting and a massive bombardment, Burmese troops seized the Nam Lao base of the Shan State Army – North (SSA-N) on Wednesday...
March 18, 2011
| Myo Thant
According to MPs attending the Burmese Parliament sessions in Naypyidaw, both houses will recess on Friday and resume on Monday. Lower House MP Tin...
March 18, 2011
| Phanida
A new daily newspaper, called Myawaddy, likely to be another of the junta’s mouthpieces, will be launched on March 27, which marks the 66th Armed...
March 18, 2011
| Te Te
At the fourth hearing of the Kamaryut Township Court in Rangoon on Thursday, the detained Australian co-owner of the Myanmar Times, Ross Dunkley, was...
March 18, 2011
| Khonumthung News
The Election Commission has disqualified a number of candidates, including 15 from Chin state, who did not submit details of expenditure during their...
March 18, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Fourteen Rohingya were arrested and pushed back to Burma by the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) on March 15, said a local from Shapuri Dip. The BGB...
March 18, 2011
| Kaladan Press
Concerned authorities in Maungdaw issued a curfew order through village authorities yesterday, said a village leader in Maungdaw. “The township...
March 18, 2011
| KNG
Fuel prices have increased 15 per cent, to between 300 and 400 kyats, in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, residents said. A petrol retailer...
March 18, 2011
| KNG
More Burmese troops are trying to enter the controlled areas of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Kachin State, northern Burma, to...
March 18, 2011
| LAWI WENG & NAI MARN
The Burmese junta does not want to open a new battlefront with the New Mon State Party (NMSP) while the junta is fighting with the Karen National...