Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will probably meet with United Nations Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari during his forthcoming visit to Burma, her party, the National League for …
A group of veteran politicians, some of whom were active in Burmese politics in the late 1940s, has announced plans to found a new national party to contest the 2010 general election.
A senior Myanmar official on Thursday denied that boat people from the Muslim Rohingya ethnic group, who have washed up in Thailand claiming abuse back home, originate from its shores.
In a major development the minutes of a leaked secret meeting of Burma’s Army Commanders said the leadership of the main opposition party – the National League for Democracy – is likely to s…
Experts of the European Union (EU) will examine Myanmar’s marine products to help improve quality of export products for the European market, the local Yangon Times quoted the Myanmar Fisheries …
The patients, who have completed their treatment in Rangoon Division North Okkalapa Township Wabargi Hospital, are being pressurised by the department to go back to their hometowns. “Some have …
Muslim group flees Myanmar but faces more woe – Fakhrurradzie Gade and Robin McDowell
No Comments »The bearded farmer wept in his hospital bed as he recounted a harrowing six-month journey that brought him from the isolated country of Myanmar to this remote island in the Indian Ocean.
The seventh visit of the United Nations Secretary General’s advisor Ibrahim Gambari, which tentatively is scheduled for Rangoon this Saturday, is yet another attempt to resolve the political crisis …
The ill treatment of Rohingya refugees at the hands of the Thai authorities is horrific and lamentable, but not surprising. I appreciate the action of Prime Minister Abhisit in investigating the situa…
Petition launched for release of two Burmese bloggers serving sentences of 20 and 59 years in prison
No Comments »Reporters Without Borders urges the international community not to forget Nay Phone Latt (http://www.nayphonelatt.net/), a Burmese blogger who was arrested exactly one year ago today and was sentenced…