News
March 11, 2011
| S.H.A.N.
Sai Sai, head of the Shan Sapawa environmental group and leading member of Burma Rivers Network (BRN), told SHAN today completion of the 7 mega dams...
March 11, 2011
| Kyaw Kha
Burmese customs authorities banned all goods entering from Thailand through the Myawaddy gateway on Wednesday morning, local traders said...
March 11, 2011
| Jai Wan Mai
About 200 regime soldiers believed to be from the 1st Military Operations Command in Kyauk Mae have been dispatched to the Lashio area in northern...
March 11, 2011
| Kyaw Kha
The outbreak of blue-ear pig disease in Burma has now led to the death of more than 1,000 pigs, said Amrapura Township Veterinary and Animal...
March 11, 2011
| Aung Myat Soe
At least 35 people were killed and 135 were injured in unofficial estimates following a 5.4 magnitude earthquake which hit Yingjiang in China’s...
March 11, 2011
| KNG
More than 12 people were killed and several hundred were injured after an earthquake shook Yingjiang County, in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous...
March 11, 2011
| LAWI WENG & NAI KASAUH MON
Former Thai Prime Minster Surayud Chulanont visited “Wat Wiweikaram” monastery, in Sangkhlaburi, near to the Thai-Burmese border today, where he paid...
March 10, 2011
| Aung Myat Soe
Nearly 3,000 workers at the Tai Yi leather factory in an industrial zone in Hlaingtharyar Township, a Rangoon suburban, demonstrated against extra...
March 10, 2011
| Thea Forbes
Hundreds of Burmese, Thai and other women from around the world marched through Chiang Mai on Tuesday, commemorating the 100th anniversary of...
March 10, 2011
| Thomas Maung Shwe
According to a statement released by supporters of jailed Myanmar Times executive Ross Dunkley, a psychiatrist will testify as a prosecution witness...
March 10, 2011
| Mizzima News
Hla Myint, a former military officer and retired ambassador, is likely to replace current Rangoon Mayor Aung Thein Lin, according to municipal...
March 10, 2011
| Myo Thant
Lower House speaker Thura Shwe Mahn on Wednesday approved four motions for discussion in the Burmese Parliament, including the right to health care...
March 10, 2011
| IMNA
In Moulmein, last night, 50 university students gathered in protest at electricity cuts during the tenth grade exams and at the student living...
March 9, 2011
| Tun Tun
Cox's bazar: Burma has returned 15 acres of land on the western Burmese border to Bangladesh after a four-month long land survey for demarcations...
March 9, 2011
| Narinjara News
The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, or RNDP, has objected to the appointment of a Muslim lawmaker as secretary of the legislative committee...