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August 19, 2010
Despite widespread allegations that the group is now defunct, sources indicate that the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA).....
August 19, 2010
| Khin Thein
People in rural Arakan have opposed the Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) by hanging handwritten posters.....
August 19, 2010
| Ko Wild
A new railway in eastern Shan State is stoking fear of renewed heavy fighting between the Burmese military....
August 18, 2010
| Naung Hlaing
The announcement by the Burmese military junta that general elections will be held on November 7 is to animate the junta’s....
August 18, 2010
| Khun Aung Myat
Shan human rights groups have demanded a halt to a rail route construction project in Shan state because many acres....
August 18, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
A woman candidate has been chosen to contest the general elections in Burma by one of the ethnic parties,....
August 18, 2010
Nearly 100 Burmese living in Japan staged a protest on Tuesday in front of the Burmese embassy in Tokyo,....
August 18, 2010
| Thomas Maung Shwe
Win Tin, co-founder of Burma’s National League for Democracy, in an interview last week called on the government of Canada and other nations.....
August 18, 2010
| Phanida
Burmese main opposition force, the National League for Democracy, has recently embarked on a different kind of political campaign – one....
August 18, 2010
Voters in Karen State will have a choice of voting four political parties in the elections on 7 November 2010. A voter....
August 17, 2010
The Burmese junta’s date of November 7 for the first general elections in two decades coincides La Nina weather event,...
August 17, 2010
| Ko Wai and Khaing Suu
With just 13 days left for parties to submit candidate names to the junta’s electoral body, lack of funds has driven many....
August 17, 2010
The Election Commission’s approval of the Kachin State Progressive Party (KSPP) to contest the polls is now hinging....
August 17, 2010
| Salai Han Thar San
The Modern Times journal this week became the fourth publication of its kind in six weeks that Burmese state....
August 17, 2010
| Saw Thein Myint
The Phlone-Sguaw Democratic Party (PSDP), the representative party in Karen State, has registered 10,000 members after....