May 19: The hearing on the case Su Su Nway who successfully sued her local village authorities for forced labour practice continued on 18 May at Kawmoo Township court in Rangoon Division.

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May 19: Burma’s military junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has made more changes within its army and appointed at least five officers above the rank of brigadier generals as ambassadors.

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Military-ruled Myanmar has indefinitely postponed an international trade fair after a series of deadly bomb blasts in Yangon, senior officials and trade representatives said Friday.

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Sangkhalaburi: In the early morning at around 6:00 a.m. May 20, the border between Burma and Thailand at Three Pagodas Pass opposite Kanchanaburi was closed by the Burmese authorities with only pedestrian traffic being allowed to cross over.

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Some 500 people have abandoned their homes and fields in Southern Shan State’s Laikha township to Thailand following the Burma Army’s sweeping crackdown on supporters of the “Interim Shan Government’ formed in exile on 25 March, reports King Cobra from the border:

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A decade-old proposal for Thailand and Burma to co-invest in a massive hydroelectric development project on the Salween River Basin is being revived again.

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Guwahati: While the fear of social stigma has kept thousands of HIV/AIDS victims away from public glare, a brave woman of the Burma bordering North-East India, herself carrying the dreaded virus, has come to the forefront to launch an awareness campaign.

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An operation is under way to trace missing Burmese tsunami victims in Thailand through a process of DNA matching at a special center in Phuket, Thailand.

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May 19: Democratic nations in Asia must oppose the appointment of Burma as chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations in 2006, a group of leaders of human rights and pro democracy organizations from more than 20 countries urged today.

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