Military-ruled Burma hopes to finish drafting its constitution by the end of this year, the country’s foreign minister was quoted as saying Thursday.
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The National League for Democracy today slammed the Burmese military’s decision to extend the house arrest of party deputy U Tin Oo by one year.
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Four school girls were allegedly gang raped by Burmese army soldiers in Putao Township, Kachin State in early February. Relatives of the alleged victims are seeking more compensation than was paid by the army, according to a local source.
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Thai military and police authorities arrested nearly 500 Burmese migrant workers on Thursday in the Thai-Burmese border town of Mae Sot in Tak Province, a Burmese labor rights group said.
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Military-run Myanmar and neighbouring India have held security talks following the junta’s major crack-down on Indian separatist rebels last month, state media said Thursday.
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The Chin National Council based on the Indo-Burma border hosted a dinner in honour to Martin Luther King Peace Prize winner, Dr Lian Hmun Sakhong yesterday.
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A retired Shan resistance officer has been selected by the film crew shooting Rambo IV: In the Serpent’s Eye, starred and directed by Sylvester Stallone, to play the role of a barbarous Burmese commander, reports Hawkeye:
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Myanmar will hold a 13-day gems emporium here in March in a bid to boost foreign exchange earning, according to Thursday’s state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar.
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Jakarta: Myanmar’s military junta on Thursday refused to give a timetable for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners, Indonesia’s foreign minister said.
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Indonesia will provide training for Myanmar military officers which may lead to a joint military exercise in the future, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said Thursday.
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Burma’s lack of progress in promoting democracy and human rights is looming to be a stumbling block in upcoming free trade negotiations between Asean and the EU, scheduled for May. (more…)