Mizzima News

Border fence unnecessary, Mizoram authorities say
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A fence separating the “brothers” of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram and Chin State in Burma ...

Suu Kyi ‘concerned’ as BBC Burmese service faces axe
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The BBC’s Burmese service broadcasts could be eliminated next year as part of the Cameron coalition ...

Rangoon mayor presses city staff to vote USDP
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The mayor of Burma’s former capital has told departmental heads to push municipal staff to cast their votes ...

Survey confirms public demand for free press
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A recently conducted public poll shows a majority of Burma’s population desires an end to ...

Business

Cut rail link sends fresh produce prices off track

Fresh vegetable and flower prices at markets in the Kachin State capital have risen as much as 60 per cent since an express train derailed on the Mand...

Indian border-state trade envoys to tour Burma

Trade ministers from the four northeastern Indian states bordering Burma are set to meet Burmese trade and investment delegates this month in the mili...

Burma set for high season tourist slump, industry says

Although the tourist high season is starting, hotels and package tours have seen little booking activity, according to hotels and ...

Officials hedge on junta’s future with hidden funds

Senior Burmese government officials are salting away assets of all kinds and stashing funds in offshore banks in a sure sign the insiders are beginnin...

India mulls further investment into Burmese energy sector

Scant weeks after Burmese head-of-state Senior General Than Shwe paid an official visit to India, New Delhi may be on the verge of upping its level of...

NLD ‘step two’ seeks alliance with ethnic ceasefire groups
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After conducting campaign roadshows across Burma, the National League for Democracy will start ...

Ed/Op

Checkpoint stops activists reaching memorial service

Eleven activists and students from Rangoon, on their way today to attend the funeral of the Pegu youths, were stopped at a police checkpoint about 15 ...

Funeral of two youths in Pegu

(Interviews) In a violent clash between officers from Infantry Battalion 59 and a group of youths, Aung Thu Hein (23) and Soe Paing Zaw (18) were shot...

Lyrical dictator: Than Shwe’s hidden talent

It would be difficult to conceive of a greater juxtaposition in one man: a military dictator and a musical lyricist, but that is what we find in junta...

Khin Maung Swe discusses his election withdrawal

(Interview) Mizzima spoke today with Khin Maung Swe, leader of the National Democratic Force (NDF), who yesterday withdrew his standing for elections ...

Remembering Burma’s humanitarian workers

In a social atmosphere often held hostage to competing political agendas, Burma’s humanitarian workers face constant obstacles in the fulfillment of...