Leaders of Burma’s Karen ethnic group have called for dialogue with the military government, but accuse the regime of stage-managing constitutional talks that have just been adjourned. The comments come as the Karen mark 57 years of resistance to Burma’s central government.
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A series of small explosions occurred near a gas pipeline in Mudon township, Mon State on Wednesday.
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February 2, More missile launching pads and carriers believed to be from Ukraine, had arrived in Burma on 30 January aboard a ship registered in Ukraine, according to a Burmese port authority official who doesn’t want to be named.
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The military regime plans to come down heavily on people who have been passing on information to the media in exile and the foreign media. The junta intends to check this trend with a trained force, according to a source close to a former military intelligence officer.
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February 1, Yangon: An explosion occurred at a police station in northern Myanmar soon after a shopkeeper arrived bearing a package left at his shop that he had feared was a bomb, state-run media reported on Wednesday.
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More than 100 Karenni people have fled to a refugee camp in Thailand’s Mae Hong Son since November last year after being threatened by the Burmese military.
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Singapore: The United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are considering to hold their first summit as early as next November, or possibly in conjunction with next year’s 30th anniversary of their dialogue relations, a top ASEAN official said Friday.
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Burmese activists in exile today called for a global protest against French oil giant Total aimed at pressuring the company to end its financial support of the Burmese military government and to pull out of the country.
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The European Union is reconsidering its strict visa ban on high-ranking Burmese government and military officials in a bid to engage the regime in human rights and democracy discussions, European officials said today.
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Burmese enjoy the third least degree of freedom of all the countries of the world when traveling internationally, according to research conducted by Zurich-based firm Henley and Partners AG. (more…)

Thailand’s foreign minister, Dr Kantathi Suphamongkhon, discussed the political situation in Burma with German leaders yesterday during a meeting in Munich.
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The plague of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the despotic military junta that rules in Burma, is no longer simply an issue of human rights abuse and economic mismanage­ment inside Burma’s borders. (more…)

Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee (Chairman Leach, R-Iowa) and Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations Subcommittee (Chairman Smith, R-N.J.) of House International Relations Committee will hold a hearing titled “Human Rights in Burma: Where Are We Now and (more…)

A new report by a Shan relief group reveals how the Burmese military regime’s policies have caused a dramatic decrease in rice production during the past decade in southern Shan State.
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A new report by a Shan relief group reveals how the Burmese military regime’s policies have caused a dramatic decrease in rice production during the past decade in southern Shan State.
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