| (Interview – Part II) With decades of economic mismanagement under military rule, and presently exacerbated by the global economic crisis, Burma’s economy is facing... |
| (Interview – Part I) With decades of economic mismanagement under military rule, and presently exacerbated by the global economic crisis, Burma’s economy is facing serious threats to... |
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| A weekly Journal in Rangoon has lambasted the Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Mizzima News over the report of a journalist who tried to photograph an A/H1N1 patient in... |
Burmese military junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe on Friday turned down a request by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations for a meeting with... |
| The court overseeing the trial of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday adjourned the hearing of testimony from a second defense witness, setting the date for... |
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General arrived in Rangoon International airport at 9:30 a.m. (local time), on Friday on a two-day visit to military-ruled Burma in a bid to... |
| Detained Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is in complete agreement with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s three main points to resolve Burma’s political imbroglio... |
Total absence of rainfall in Chin state, western Burma has put farmers in a spot as they are unable to cultivate paddy, said locals and a social organization. Normally the... |
| The tripartite Core Group is urging donors to contribute US$ 157 million for rebuilding schools in cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta of Burma. The TCG, formed with the United Nations,... |
Plans to set up a new refugee camp near the Thailand-Burma border, to cope with the influx into Thailand of over 3,000 people fleeing fighting in Burma, have been abandoned.... |
| Thai authorities arrested a Rohingya hailing from Burma on Monday for allegedly forging documents for over 7,000 people to work in Thailand. Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation... |
Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, is visiting Burma later this week, a year since his last trip there. He will be raising both political and humanitarian issues with...... |
| About 3000 Karen refugees, who fled to Thailand to escape the Burmese Army’s offensive in eastern Burma, will be shifted to another camp - ‘Tee Nu Koh’ on the Thai-Burma... |
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General, ahead of his visit to Burma, on Tuesday reiterated his call to the military junta to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and... |
| The United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon was urged on Tuesday by the National League for Democracy to meet detained party leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his proposed... |
A North Korean and two Japanese nationals were arrested by Japanese police for illegally attempting to export magnetic measuring devices to Burma, which can help build missiles, said a Japanese... |
| Farmers in Central Burma are worried over the late monsoons, which are hampering the cultivation of monsoon paddy. According to a local farmer in Pegu Town, farmers in Daik Oo... |
With the increase in music piracy and ineffective laws governing the illegal reproduction of music, Burma's music industry has witnessed an 80 percent reduction in the release of new albums... |
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Editorial, Opinion and Analysis
(Interview – Part II) With decades of economic mismanagement under military rule, and presently exacerbated by the global economic crisis, Burma’s economy i... |
(Interview – Part I) With decades of economic mismanagement under military rule, and presently exacerbated by the global economic crisis, Burma’s economy is... |
(Commentary) The latest visit to Burma of the United Nation's Secretary-General has once again brought with it newfound enthusiasm, at least unconsciously, amon... |
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General will visit Burma on Friday. And during his two-day stay, Ban has sought a meeting with Nobel Peace Laureate Aung S... |
(Commentary) While the Internet has became one of the main tools at the disposal of opposition elements against political and cultural repression in authoritari... |
(Commentary) Among the many e-messages coming from Iran in recent days, I found one from a woman especially moving: "...this is the most authentic, grassroots a... |
(Commentary) Although many Burmese do not want to admit it, the situation inside Burma is at a stalemate and, frankly speaking, no one has a good workable solut... |
(Commentary) Grainy images of urban streets packed with predominantly young protesters filmed from a chaotic pedestrian overpass – the mass of people below su... |
Despite the UN Security Council’s threat of imposing sanctions, the Communist dictatorship of North Korea is defiant and is going ahead with its plan of .... |
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"These are the release of all political prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the resumption of dialogue between the government and opposition ... and the need to create conditions conducive to credible elections,"
UN spokeswoman
Michele Montas
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