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Burma has initiated construction of a fence along its border with Bangladesh in order to check cross border smuggling, according to the Burmese ambassador in Dhaka on Tuesday....
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Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says Burma remains a hideous blight on an Asian map of otherwise expanding freedoms and growing economies. Abhisit, during a speech at...
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Thailand's Labor Minister has denied accusations that the Thai government discriminates against Burmese migrant workers by denying them access to a workers compensation fund....
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Authorities have once again banned tourists from visiting the 'Land of Jade', after reneging on an announcement last month that foreigners would be permitted to visit mining towns in Burma’s northern Kachin state. ...
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(Commentary) As ripples continue to reverberate from the recently concluded and rare visit of an American official to Burma's administrative center of Naypyitaw, and the announcement by......
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Bangladesh on Monday sought an official explanation from Burma regarding the planned construction of a fence along the Bangla-Burmese border to obstruct cross-boarder smuggling,...
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(Commentary) After this debate, the monks from middle-Burma sat together again to discuss the establishing of a monks group called the 'Young Monks Union' in keeping with the instruction given by U Gambira. After the meeting, ...
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According to the Mandalay Division Fire Brigade, a fire broke out inside the Army Officers’ Mess in Mandalay palace yesterday evening. The fire originated in the Garrison Engineer Officer......
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The upkeep of People's Square and People's Park so far under the jurisdiction of the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) has been transferred to the Golden View Company...
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A Burmese ethnic Mon ceasefire group, New Mon State Party (NMSP), has denied a rumor of possible further talks in the near future between the organization and Burma’s military junta....
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A labor rights group on Monday condemned the Thai government for denying Burmese migrants access to a workers compensation fund through Thailand’s Social Security Office....
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The United States State Department has once again saddled Burma with the moniker of a 'country of particular concern' (CPC) for the Burmese government's failure to address the lack of religious freedom inside the troubled Southeast Asian country. ...
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China and Burma on Thursday signed four contracts, which included the construction of a cross border oil and gas pipeline, Burma’s state-run media said....
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A speeding army truck collided with a passenger bus and then hit a lamp-post in the middle of the road, in downtown Rangoon, at about 2 pm, on Friday. The army truck, with license plate No. 4101 Ba, was plying along Phonegyi Street in Lanmadaw Township, ...
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One person was killed and at least two others were injured in the bomb explosion in Rangoon on Thursday evening, local residents said. The blast occurred in Tawwinnan guest house in Thudhama Street,...
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(News Brief) Chinese Minister of Information, Warn Cheng, on Friday visited a Rangoon-based private weekly journal....
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India’s leading automaker TATA Motors on Thursday met Burmese Minister of Energy (2) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, and held parleys on setting up a truck manufacturing unit in Burma, the state-run media said....
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(Editorial) Every time when spring is in the air in March; every time when we hear the mellifluous voice of the Koel (Eudymanys Scolopacea), the images of a historical event fleet past in our minds, frame by frame in slow motion. ...
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A lone demonstrator in Twante Township, Rangoon was arrested by the police on Friday, an eyewitness said. Aung Phe, a private tutor, was detained by local authorities including the police and township officials,...
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A lone demonstrator in Twante Township, Rangoon was arrested by the police on Friday, an eyewitness said....
