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- ► 2013
- ► June
- • 15 - Karen News: KNU in Rangoon for peace talks
- • 15 - Chinland Guardian: Ethnic Chin Appointed Burma's Ambassador to Canada
- • 16 - Karen News: FBR: Situation for Kachin Refugees Remains Dire
- • 15 - Kachin News: UN convoy reaches KIO controlled IDP camps
- • 15 - Kachinland News: UN-led aid convoy delivered humanitarian assistance to Kachin IDPs
- • 14 - Reporters Without Borders: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT URGES BURMA TO RESPECT RIGHT TO INFORMATION
- • 14 - Independent Mon News Agency: Ethnic nationalities establish Federal Union Party
- • 14 - Mizzima: Monks propose restricting interfaith marriages
- • 14 - Mizzima: Shwe Mann calls for 'a more inclusive society'
- • 13 - Kachinland News: Safe return and resettlement of IDPs a priority, said KIO statement
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy : Revised Publishing Bill to Parliament This Month: Press Council
- • 14 - Karen News: Despite complaints – Mae Fah Luang Foundation to continue refugees profiling
- • 14 - Shan Herald: Shan leaders meet in Rangoon
- • 14 - DVB: Malaysia to repatriate Burmese nationals after clashes
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy: Official: Rohingyas Provoked Fatal Shooting By ‘Attacking Authorities’
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy:UN Aid Convoy Reaches Kachin IDPs in Humanitarian Breakthrough
- • 14 - The Irrawaddy: From Factories to Teashops, ChildLabor a ‘Tradition’ in Burma
- • 13 - ABC: Thai navy allegedly involved in trafficking, beating of Rohingya refugees
- • 13 - European Parliament News:Human rights: Rohingya Muslims
- • 13 - Mizzima: Myanmar urged to protect Thai tourists at border
- • 13 - UPI: Transparency concerns linger for Myanmar
- • 13 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar to screen Rohingya in Thailand
- • 13 - Irrawaddy: Monks' Convention in Burma Calls for Restricting Buddhist-Muslim Marriage
- • 13 - AP: Malaysia warns Burma immigrants against violence
- • 13 - Karen News: NLD's education network wins Myanmar Citizen Award
- • 13 - Karen News:Burma drivers driving between Hpa-an and Myawaddy forced to register vehicles
- • 13 - Reuters/Irrawaddy: EU Lets Burma Back into Preferential Trade Scheme
- • 13 - DVB: Shan political party, armed group push for political dialogue
- • 13 - Shan Herald: Shan Army's liaison reps attacked
- • 13 - DVB: Monks hold conference to address deadly religious unrest
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: KNU, Govt Hold Informal Talks on Military Matters
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: UN Supports Drug Eradication in Opium-Rich Shan State
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: Panic Strikes in Pakokku Town Following Rumors of Sectarian Violence
- • 13 - The Irrawaddy: Burmese Migrant Community in Malaysia Simmers after Attacks
- • 13 - AP: Muslim man accused of sparking Burma unrest jailed for 26 years
- • 12 - Kachin News Group: Clashes between KIO and Burma army continue in Shan state, despite 7 point agreement
- • 12 - Radio Free Asia: Fifteen Myanmar Ethnic Groups to Form Unified Party
- • 12 - Mizzima: Latpadaung protesters to be listed as political prisoners
- • 12 - BNI/Kaladan Press: Ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas exposed at Geneva event
- • 12 - BNI/Kaladan Press: More Rohingyas arrested along Burma- Bangladesh border
- • 12 - Karen News: UK MP: ethnic cleansing of Rohingya needs investigating…
- • 12 - DVB: Farmers in hiding near Inle Lake as officials crack down on 'plough protests'
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: Red Dirt and Pebbles: For Farmers, Broken Promises at the Myitsone Dam
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: Govt Delegation Travels to Malaysia to Probe Violence against Burmese
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: Social Network Activists Arrested After Supporting Farmers in Pegu Division
- • 12 - The Irrawaddy: UN Rights Envoy Condemns “Shocking” Killing of Rohingya Women
- • 12 - Aljazeera: Muslim jailed for Myanmar violence
- • 11 - Thomson Reuters Foundation: Rights groups slam India transport, port project in Myanmar
- • 11 - Global Post: Why Myanmar's hardline Buddhists are fans of the English Defence League
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: Inle Lake Locals Fearful after Police Sweep Village
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: Govt to Compensate 90 Farmers Affected by Thilawa SEZ
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: ‘It’s a Question of Justice’
- • 11 - The Irrawaddy: After Bangladesh Tragedy, Questions for Burma’s Garment Sector
- • 11 - Burma Partnership: Two Years On, Kachin People Push for Genuine and Just Peace
- • 11 - Karen News: Dengue fever kills three refugees
- • 11 - AP: Burma leader talks peace with Shan ethnic rebels
- • 11 - Asian Correspondent: Civil-society groups call for transparency and local-benefits on Kaladan Project
- • 11 - Shan Herald: White Tiger agrees to form FUP
- • 11 - DVB: Migrants demonstrate against ‘broker agency’ in Mae Sot
- • 11 - AP: Myanmar Airways Grounds MA60s after Landing Mishaps
- • 11 - Reuters: Myanmar minister backs two-child policy for Rohingya minority
- • 10 - BNI/ Shan Herald Agency: Burma Army reinforce in Wa rebels controlled areas
- • 10 - BNI/ Shan Herald: Burma Army breaks ceasefire in Lashio township
- • 10 - BNI/Kaladan Press: Rohingya village is uprooted by forced registration program
- • 10 - Mizzima: Rakhine govt disputes claim Rohingya women killed by police
- • 10 - Reuters: Monsoon threatens Myanmar's displaced Kachins – agencies
- • 10 - Irrawaddy: Businesses Bid for Tourist Exploitation of Historic Mandalay Palace
- • 10 - Irrawaddy: Burma to Revamp Central Bank With New Law
- • 10 - Mizzima: No permission for cremations in Malaysia
- • 10 - Mizzima: Canada pledges $4.2 million Myanmar aid package
- • 10 - Mizzima: Kachin refugee children in desperate need of schools
- • 10 - Mizzima:Suu Kyi doubts 92 percent supported 2008 Constitution
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: 88 Generation Activists Meet Main Backers of Myitsone Dam
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: Govt Measures Keep Tensions High in Arakan, One Year After Violence Began
- • 04 - In Depth News: Aiding Kachin State Entails Great Personal Risk
- • 10 - Asian Correspondent:Burma: Interim Press Council opposes Public Service Media bill
- • 10 - Kachinland News: Kachin communities commemorate 2nd anniversary of renewed war
- • 07 - Karen News: Burma Army Officer beats up Karen Villagers
- • 07 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar Mulls Emulating US Congress Administrative Structure
- • 07 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar NGOs Call for International Aid to Displaced Kachin
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: 2 Dead in Mon State Bus Hijacking
- • 10 - Reuters:The Hard Yards Begin in Burma’s Quest for Foreign Investment
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: Shan State’s RCSS and Thein Sein Meet for Peace Talks
- • 10 - The Irrawaddy: From Kachin State to Rangoon, Activists Raise Awareness of Long-Running War
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Phillips to Help Light, Preserve Rangoon's Historical Architecture
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Tourism Surge Tests Mandalay's Endurance
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Second Anniversary of Kachin Onslaught Marked Abroad
- • 07 - Mizzima: Curtain falls on World Economic Forum
- • 07 - Kachin News: Global day of Action for Kachin marks 2nd anniversary of conflict
- • 07 - Mizzima: Latpadaung activist sentenced to hard labor
- • 07 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar mine threatens villagers' land
- • 07 - Mizzima: AAPP calls for political prisoner pledge to be put into action
- • 07 - Shan Herald: Suspects escaped with weapons
- • 07 - Mizzima: Call for inquiry into 1962 Rangoon University massacre
- • 07 - DVB: Relocated villagers decry conditions of new land
- • 07 - Wall Street Journal: Thailand May Help Myanmar Improve Data Transmission
- • 07 - Karen News: Karen Villagers hospitalized after Burma Army officer attack
- • 07 - Karen News: Govt land confiscation commission lacks teeth
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: Burma's Tech Sector Not Yet Up to Speed for Foreign Investment: Intel
- • 06 - CNN: Can Myanmar fix its outdated banking system
- • 06 - Asia Times: Stillbirth persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya
- • 06 - Rehmonya: Fraudulent government workers leave Kaw Pa Naw farmers uncompensated for land
- • 06 - DVB: Will there be genuine peace in Kachin state?
- • 06 - DVB: War, displacement fueling trafficking scourge in Kachin state
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Kachin State Conflict Increases human Trafficking to China: Report
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Public Hospitals Offer Free Medicine for Burma's Poor
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Locals Defend LetPadaung Protesters Wanted by Police
- • 06 - Asian Correspondent: Analysis: Why it's time to change Burma's rigid Constitution
- • 06 - Palaungland: The Burmese government must immediately end human rights violations, including violence against women, in Palaung areas
- • 06 - Karen News: Karen Leader: "Not the time to send refugees and displaced back..."
- • 06 - Bloomberg: Suu Kyi says she wants Myanmar Presidency if Charter Changed (2)
- • 06 - Mizzima: Rule of law is work in progress at best: Amnesty
- • 06 - Mizzima: Nishima reveals ODA figure at WEF
- • 06 - Mizzima: Malaysian police detain 900 Myanmars after violence
- • 06 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: New Report reveals plight of Kachin women on China border
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Four Dead As Burma Violence Spills Into Malaysia-Police
- • 06 - Irrawaddy: Burma Launches $500m Tourism 'Master Plan' for 7.5m Tourists by 2020
- • 06 - CNN: Myanmar's Suu Kyi: 'I want to run for president'
- • 04 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar 'Soon' to Release Remaining Political Prisoners
- • 05 - Aljazeera: Malaysia detains Myanmar migrants over deaths
- • 05 - DVB : With five hours of power, industrial zones continue to struggle
- • 05 - Shan Herald : Alliance ends participation in working group
- • 05 - Karen News : KNU Leader: Peace Talks Have a Long Way to Go...
- • 05 - The Irrawaddy : UWSA Wants Autonomous State, Not Independence
- • 05 - The Irrawaddy : Mandalay Parents Pull Children from School amid Rumors of Religious Violence
- • 05 - Huffington Post: Burma's Discriminatory Citizenship Laws Are at the Heart of the Humanitarian Crisis Faced by Rohingya Muslims
- • 05 - The Irrawaddy : World Economic Forum in Burma Shouldn't Be 'Fooled by Fine Words'
- • 05 - Reuters : Four dead as Myanmar violence spills into Malaysia: police
- • 05 - AP : Myanmar Police say 3 Rohingya women killed in confrontation over relocation plan
- • 03 - Karen News: Karen groups concerned cross-border humanitarian aid decreasing
- • 04 - DVB: Armed group meets with Shan organisations ahead of Naypyidaw trip
- • 04 - Mizzima: No country will accept Rohingya, says Thailand
- • 04 - Human Rights Watch:Thailand: End Inhumane Detention of Rohingya
- • 04 - DVB: Militia leader denies forcing NLD members to resign at gunpoint
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: Supporters of Two-Child Limit for Rohingya Stage Demonstration in Sittwe
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: Coca-Cola Pops the Top on First Burma Bottling Operation in 60 Years
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: In Lashio, Displaced Families Return Home
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: Karen Community Leaders Call for Transparency on Business Deals Amid Peace Talks
- • 04 - The Irrawaddy: After Amnesties, Burma’s Political Prisoners Pull Together
- • 03 - Irish Independent: O'Brien consortium submits its bid in Burma's mobile-licence race
- • 03 - Karen News: KNU's Colonel Ner Dah Mya briefs Australian Parliament
- • 01 - AP : Radical monks, prejudice fuel Burma violence
- • 03 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: President addresses poverty alleviation, but not corruption
- • 03 - Huff Post: Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Continues Despite Presidential Visit
- • 03 - Independent Mon News Agency: Paunf Township locals stage protest against corruption
- • 03 - The Irrawaddy: Former US Chief Diplomat Madeleine Albright to Assist Burma in Reform
- • 03 - BBC: BBC Audio bulletins launch on mobile phones in Burma
- • 03 - AFP/ Arab News: Myanmar Web users look for freedom
- • 03 - Shan Herald : Shan leader takes counsel before meeting President
- • 03 - Mizzima: Over 1,000 Muslims sheltering in Lashio monasteries
- • 03 - Mizzima: Rakhine Buddhists flee Bangladesh
- • 03 - DVB : Govt to examine two-child policy targeting Rohingya
- • 03 - DVB : After spate of violence, govt calls on Malaysia to help protect citizens
- • 02 - The Irrawaddy: Portrait of A Displaced People: Lashio's Muslims at Mansu Temple
- • 03 - The Irrawaddy: Anti-Letpadaung Mine Activists Condemn Detained Protesters' Sentences
- • 03 - The Irrawaddy: 12 Burmese Migrant Workers Drown En Route to Thailand
- • 03 - The Guardian : Burma's Rohingya people: a story of segregation and desperation
- ► May
- • 31 - Press Trust of India: US urges Myanmar to remove its two child policy for Muslims
- • 31 - Mail Online: Right-wing Buddhist leading the campaign to force Muslims out of Burma says he wants his group 'to be like the English Defense League'
- • 31 - DVB: Committee asked to push for release of former spy chief's son-in-law
- • 31 - DVB: Journalists call on officials to protest reporters
- • 31 - Mizzima: 35 arrested over religious riots in Lashio
- • 31 - Channel 4 News: Rohingya kept crammed into filthy cages in Thailand
- • 31 - DVB: Former political prisoners struggle to find work
- • 31 - Irrawaddy: A Decade Later, Victims Still Seekin Depayin Massacre Justice
- • 31 - HNGN: Rights Groups Express Concern About Escalating Violence in Myanmar
- • 31 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar Activist Freed After Refusing Bail
- • 31 - AP/AFP/Japan Times: Buddhist mobs spread panic among Myanmar's Muslims
- • 31 - The Irrawaddy: Mekong Dams Threaten Burmese Fishing, Rice Farming: Activists
- • 31 - The Telegraph: Vodafone drops bid to run network in Burma amid human rights worries
- • 31 - Karen News: State Govt and CBO's agree to help conflict affected Karen communities
- • 31 - Karen News: Suu Kyi urges an end to discrimination against people living with HIV
- • 31 - Kachinland News: KIO-Burmese government agreement fell short of a cease-fire deal
- • 31 - Shan Herald: Shan commander warns retaliation
- • 31 - The Irrawaddy: Kachin Detainees Set for Release After Peace Talks
- • 31 - The Irrawaddy: Kachin IDPs Can Return Home Soon: Govt
- • 31 - AP: Burma Muslims find shelter in Buddhist Monastery
- • 31 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: Government and Kachin rebels reach a preparatory agreement for ceasefire
- • 30 - AP/Post Bulletin : UN Calls Myanmar 2-child policy discriminatory
- • 30 - Reuters: Troops patrol Myanmar city after violence, Muslims hide
- • 30 - Independent Mon News: Mon literature unlikely to be taught at Gov't School in Mon State
- • 30 - Shan Herald: Sectarian unrest politically motivated: Shan politicians
- • 30 - DVB: Rohingyas hit with multiple charges for not registering as 'Bengalis'
- • 30 - Irrawaddy: Anti-Muslim Violence Spreads to Town in Central Burma
- • 30 - Washington Post: Myanmar Muslims shelter in monastery after Buddhist attacks destroy homes, leave 1 dead
- • 30 - Asian Correspondent: Is nationalism solely to blame for Burma's latest anti-Muslim violence?
- • 30 - DVB: Burma must take steps to quell ethnic violence
- • 30 - BBC: Burma Muslim-Buddhist clashes continue in Shan State
- • 30 - Mizzima: Security beefed up in Lashio following riots
- • 30 - The Irrawaddy: Buddhist Mobs Spread Fear Among Muslims in Lashio
- • 30 - The Irrawaddy: ABSDF Visits Burma to Investigate Its Killings of 'Spies' in 1990s
- • 28 - Human Rights Watch:Burma: Revoke ‘Two-Child Policy’ For Rohingya
- • 28 - Karen News: Burma Army issues legal ultimatum to ethnic armed groups – no flag raising and no weapons
- • 29 - AP: US urges Burma to end 2-child limit for Muslims
- • 29 - DVB: Shan state officials object to establishment of inter-faith group
- • 29 - The Irrawaddy: Letpadaung Protesters Mark Crackdown Anniversary by Urging Detainees’ Release
- • 29 - The Irrawaddy: In Central Burma, a Lawless Rush for Oil
- • 28 - BBC: But will ordinary Burmese benefit from their country's investment boom?
- • 29 - The Irrawaddy: After Kachin Peace Talks, Intl Observers Praised but Mistrust Persists
- • 28 - Human Rights Watch:Burma: Failing to Demobilize Child Soldiers
- • 29 - Press TV: Myanmar government’s restrictions on Muslims put health of 1000s at risk: MSF
- • 29 - VOA: Burma Government to Review Birth Restrictions for Muslim Rohingyas
- • 29 - Reuters:Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes for 2nd day in Myanmar; one dead
- • 28 - AP:APNewsBreak: Religious unrest in northeast Myanmar
- • 26 - The Independent:Child’s view of Burma’s horror: The crayon drawings that reveal the trauma of children forced to flee ethnic violence in Myanmar
- • 27 - The Irrawaddy: Burma’s 88 Generation Students Seeks Legal Status
- • 28 - Karen News: Karen health officials push for better health care
- • 26 - Karen News: Still not safe to send back refugees
- • 27 - DVB: Meikhtila residents rebuff resettlement plan, want land back
- • 28 - DVB: Wa rebels seek a state of their own
- • 28 - Reuters: China CNPC Nearing Completion of Key Burma Oil Storage Facility
- • 28 - The Irrawaddy: Mining, Plantations Affect Livelihoods of Kachin Villagers, NGO Says
- • 28 - The Nation: More questions over West's ties to Burma
- • 28 - VOA: Burma Resumes Peace Talks with Kachin Rebels
- • 26 - AP/Time: Japan Gives Burma $504M Loan, Forgives Debt
- • 27 - USA Today: Burma's transition marred by anti-Muslim attacks
- • 28 - CNN: Suu Kyi criticizes two-child limit on Muslims in western Myanmar
- • 24 - Journal of Turkish Weekly: Even funerals too difficult for Rohingya Muslims in Arakan
- • 24 - DVB: Editors decry ‘unfair’ measures in new media bill
- • 23 - Radio Free Asia: Myanmar’s Rakhine State Imposes Two-Child Limit on Rohingyas
- • 24 - The Star: Burma's 'hidden genocide': A rare visit to Rohingya refugee camps
- • 24 - Asia Times: Neo-Nazi denial in Myanmar
- • 24 - Mizzima: Mizzima marches forward
- • 24 - The Irrawaddy: Burma’s Kyat Currency Slumps As Imports Flood In
- • 24 - Asian Correspondent: Burma: Kachin people wish for international observers in peace talks
- • 23 - U.S. News: A Hasty Rapprochement With Burma
- • 24 - Irrawaddy: Indonesian Police Arrest 2 Suspects in Burma Embassy Bomb Plot
- • 24 - Bloomberg: Abe Goes to Myanmar as Japan Inc. Eyes Asia's Cheapest Wages
- • 23 - BBC: Japan PM Shinzo Abe heads to Burma for economic talks
- • 23 - Karen News: People in 'authority' approve land theft
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: Burmese Migrant Workers' Group Receives International Award
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: NGOs Step up Pressure on Firms Bidding to Exploit Burma's Resources
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: Premature Praise for Burma's Press Reforms
- • 22 - Shan Herald: Thein Sein and China must stop pipeline project to prevent escalation of conflict in northern Shan State White Tiger against PR system
- • 22 - Radio Free Asia: Influential Senator Backs Drop of Myanmar Trade Sanctions
- • 23 - Irrawaddy: NLD Members Threatened at Gunpoint to Resign in East Burma
- • 22 - DVB: US looks to end Burma sanctions after landmark visit
- • 23 - Mizzima: Prisoners of Mae Sot
- • 22 - DVB: Parliament extends emergency rule in conflict-torn Meikhtila
- • 23 - AFP/Mizzima: Expat 'gold rush' hits Myanmar
- • 22 - Shan Herald: Ceasefires facilitating land grabs: Think tank
- • 23 - NPR: As Myanmar Reforms, Indonesia Offers Some Lessons
- • 22 - The Irrawaddy: UN Urges Action to End Child Soldiers in Burma
- • 22 - Business Standard: Japanese PM to visit Myanmar for first time in 36 years
- • 23 - Mizzima: Rakhine IDP camps still lack basic supplies
- • 22 - Mizzima: UN envoy to attend Kachin peace talks
- • 22 - Mizzima: State of emergency extended in Meiktila
- • 22 - Mizzima: Shan NGOs call for halt to pipeline
- • 22 - Asia Times: Miles to go for Thein Sein
- • 22 - Ap/Asia Correspondent:Key senator to let Burma sanctions bill lapse
- • 22 - DVB:Rohingyas face riot charges for refusing to register as ‘Bengali’
- • 22 - Irrawaddy:Outlawed ABSDF Meets Govt to Discuss Ceasefire
- • 21 - VOA: US Senator Urges End of Key Sanctions Against Burma
- • 21 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar, US waste a chance
- • 21 - AFP: US, Myanmar sign trade agreement
- • 21 - BNI:BGB pushes back 24 Rohingyas to Burma
- • 21 - Mizzima: UN praises Myanmar over child soldier issue
- • 21 - Irrawaddy: KNU Eyes Code of Conduct Accord with Govt in June
- • 21 - Karen News:HR Groups – President Thein Sein fails to live up to his reform promises
- • 21 - Shan Herald: White Tiger against PR system
- • 21 - Irrawaddy:In Meeting with NLD, Myitsone Investor Says It Hopes to Restart Project
- • 21 - Radio Australia:Mines Minister says Myanmar in new era of transparency
- • 21 - Mizzima:Myanmar’s media faces fresh challenges
- • 20 - Foreign Policy: Airport project seen as test case for the new Burma
- • 20 - Reuters: Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims
- • 21 - AFP: Myanmar jails Muslim rioters for up to 28 years
- • 20 - Washington Post:Obama meets with Burmese president
- • 20 - Washington Post:Troubling signs for Burma’s reforms?
- • 20 - Washington Post: Burma's Thein Sein says military 'will always have a special place' in government
- • 20 - Foreign Policy: Burma's Web-Savvy Rebels
- • 20 - The Diplomat: President Thein Sein Visits Washington as Ethnic Cleansing Continues in Burma
- • 20 - CNN: Obama must speak truth to Myanmar
- • 17 - Huffington Post: The Rohingya of Burma -- Betrayed by Aung San Sui Kyi
- • 20 - Asia Times: Myanmar needs a new nationalism
- • 20 - Karen News: KNU protests as EGAT marks Salween River Hat Gyi dam site
- • 19 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar community in US hopes for change
- • 20 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar president set to meet Obama
- • 17 - Irrawady: Thousands of Evacuees Return to IDP Camps, After Cyclone Misses Arakan
- • 17 - Reuters: Myanmar seeks inspiration from South Africa for nascent legal aid movement
- • 17 - BBC: Relief as Cyclone Mahasen weakens over Bangladesh and Burma
- • 17 - Mizzima: Govt, KIO to resume peace talks
- • 17 - Mizzima: Myanmar kyat hits record low
- • 17 - Mizzima: Obama wishes to discuss Myanmar's communal violence
- • 17 - Irrawady: A Burmese Tycoon You Can't Find Today
- • 17 - Irrawady: On and Off the Table for Thein Sein's White House Visit
- • 17 - AP/Washington Press: Myanmar president pardons political prisoners ahead of state visit to United States
- • 16 - Mizzima: War reparations begin in Shan State
- • 16 - Mizzima: Myanmar ranked worst in resource governance
- • 16 - VOA: Distrust Hinders Burma Cyclone Evacuation Effort
- • 16 - BBC: Tropical Storm Mahasen strikes southern Bangladesh
- • 16 - Irrawaddy: 'Bangladesh Syndrome' Looms over Burma's Electricity Crisis
- • 15 - Reuters: Two killed in Myanmar clash near China pipeline
- • 15 - Shan Herald: Thai security: Wa denial of gunships deserves benefit of the doubt
- • 15 - Mizzima: Farmers call for return of seized lands
- • 15 - Irrawaddy: China-Burma Bilateral Talks Conclude in Yunnan
- • 15 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar's 'old man's land' seeks new lease of life
- • 15 - IRIN: Landmine casualties rising in Kachin, Myanmar
- • 15 - DVB: In the Storm's Path
- • 15 - Guardian UK: Distrustful Rohingya dig in as Burma braces for cyclone Mahasen
- • 15 - Reuters: Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
- • 14 - Radio Free Asia: 88 Generation Students Hold Talks with US, China
- • 14 - Kachin News Group: Kachin Peace facilitator unsure when talks will continue
- • 14 - Kachin News Group: Burma's armed conflict will delay Shwe pipeline admits government official
- • 14 - Shan Herald: Thai security kept on toes by Burma Army’s unusual moves
- • 14 - DVB: Shan rebels slam military claims over recent clashes
- • 14 - Shan Herald: Shans request China to shelter refugees
- • 14 - Irrawaddy: Starbucks Sees Burma Entry in ‘Couple of Years’
- • 14 - Asian Tribune: Report on Burma : Severe Human Rights Abuses
- • 14 - Irrawaddy: Heineken Brewery Enters Burma Market
- • 14 - DVB: Pipeline protestors face jail for ‘unlawful’ assembly
- • 14 - BBC: Rohingya boats sink off west Burma - many missing
- • 13 - Irrawaddy: Death Toll Rises in East Burma Mining Accident
- • 13 - Epoch Times: Burma Starts Evacuations Ahead of Cyclone
- • 13 - AFP: Myanmar president to make landmark US visit: state TV
- • 13 - AP/The Guardian: Burma president to visit US
- • 13 - Kaladan Press/BNI: Rohingya lose farms for new road
- • 13 - Narinjara News/BNI: Fund misused, Arakanese continue suffering from erratic power supply
- • 13 - Irrawaddy: Tens of Thousands of Refugees Evacuated as Storm Nears Arakan Coast
- • 11 - Al Jazeera: Myanmar Muslims living in constant fear: Muslim areas of Okkan, a town to the north of Yangon, is latest target for attacks by Buddhists
- • 10 - Mizzima: Amending constitution 'most difficult in the world': Suu Kyi
- • 09 - Irrawaddy: Thein Sein Enjoys Myitsone Praise as Dams on Salween Secretly Proceed
- • 09 - Irrawaddy: Ethnic Activists Warn of Surge in Land Grabs After Ceasefires
- • 13 - Irrawaddy: Refugees Face Uncertain Future as Burma Opens
- • 10 - Kachinland News: Fighting rages for control over ethnic lands in Kachin and Shan State
- • 10 - Shan Herald: Naypyitaw reps visiting Wa today
- • 10 - DVB: Five Buddhists arrested for anti-Muslim riots released on bail
- • 10 - Irrawaddy: Burma to Receive $36 Mln for Agriculture Development
- • 10 - Mizzima: Myanmar pipelines begin this year, says Yunnan official
- • 10 - IRIN: Activists call for review of Myanmar’s citizenship law
- • 10 - Bangkok Post: 10 convicted over Myanmar unrest
- • 10 - Irrawaddy: Burma Government Accused of Participating in Genocide
- • 10 - DVB: Burmese army seizes Shan rebel outpost after latest attack
- • 09 - Irrawaddy
- • 09 - Shan Herald: Wa landmines causing havoc on the border
- • 09 - Mizzima: NLD members invited to China
- • 09 - Shan Herald: Burma army goes to war against Shan on Sino-Burmese border
- • 09 - Mizzima: DKBA hopeful of resolving differences with BGF
- • 09 - BBC: Aung San Suu Kyi seeks UK help for Burma's universities
- • 09 - Irrawaddy: Court Sentences 10 Men to Prison, Hard Labor for Arakan Violence
- • 09 - The Nation: Myanmar needs to balance modernisation and heritage as it urbanises, meet told
- • 09 - Asia Times: Hate thy neighbor in Myanmar
- • 09 - Asian Correspondent: Future looks grim for Burma’s Muslims despite Thein Sein HR vow
- • 08 - Bangkok Post: Myanmar army continues to live in denial over abuses
- • 08 - Shan Herald: Peace process: So many promises, few implementations
- • 08 - Irrawaddy: Land Rights Activists Sued for Protesting Without Permission
- • 07 - Irrawaddy: DKBA Forces Refuse to Leave Dam Site
- • 08 - Mizzima: Mon group calls for release of young detainees
- • 08 - Financial Times: Key reform minister exits Myanmar investment body
- • 08 - Reuters AlertNet: Ethnic minority land rights next hurdle for Myanmar peace
- • 08 - DVB: Burmese army torches Shan rebel outpost
- ► June
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