Bangkok: A militant Myanmar student group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a bombing in the capital Yangon and warned that more attacks will follow unless opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.

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Bangkok: A militant Myanmar student group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a bombing in the capital Yangon and warned that more attacks will follow unless opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest.

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December 22: Although the SPDC State Peace and Development Council abolished the National Intelligence Bureau NIB led by former Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt, it has decided to continue to implement a project proposed by the NIB to dissolve ethnic armed groups in hilly regions and border areas.

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The State Peace and Development Council will pay up to 10 million Kyats for information leading to the capture of Mon guerrilla leader, Nai Bin.

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An arms clash between unidentified force believed to be Wa and a Burma Army unit had sent both Thai and Shan agents along the border rushing to Chiangrai’s Mae Fah Luang district, facing Burma’s Monghsat township yesterday:

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Rangoon: A controversial viewing tower at Burma’s ancient temple city of Pagan, one of Asia’s greatest archaeological sites, will be finished early next year, a state-run newspaper reported Thursday.

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A long wait after it was formed in the year 2000, the Shan Constitution Drafting Commission in exile, has come up with its “bottom-up” first draft to be debated and adopted prior to the release for public review, said the Commission’s chairman on Saturday, 18 December.

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Maungdaw: The border security force of the Nasaka headquarters, located in the west border town Maungdaw, was raided by a column of the Burmese army and a number of Nasaka officers were arrested on December 21, said a witness living near the headquarters.

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Banlao, China: The road to this town, treacherous and narrow, ends after miles of knee-deep mud on a mountain path that looks down upon the clouds. It was market day, and the gently sloping main street was so choked with people and goods changing hands that for all the tattered clothes and sun-creased faces, the place radiated a measure of prosperity.

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Bangkok: Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be awarded an honorary doctorate by a Thai university for her role in promoting democracy and human rights, Rangsit University said Thursday.

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Burma’s State Peace and Development Council, or SPDC, extended pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest for a further year on November 26. Last week the junta restricted access to her doctor and reduced the number of aides allowed to stay at her house.

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