Hundreds of soldiers who participated in the Armed Forces Day parade at Pyinmana Naypyidaw had deserted, according to an informed border source.
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Residents in Chauk Township, Magwe Division, in central Burma, have protested a new tax increase at the Chauk Township Development Committee office, according to residents.
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The disunity within Karen opposition forces near the border with Thailand deepened this week as a splinter group accused the Karen National Union of attacking its members and stealing its gold.
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Myanmar and Thailand have begun building a controversial hydro-power dam on the Salween River, the as yet longest undammed waterway in Southeast Asia, official media reported Thursday.
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Chittagong, Bangladesh: The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), which has a ceasefire agreement with the Burmese military junta and is pro-SPDC, on March 28 ordered the demolition of a mosque, which has been in existence for a long time in Karen State, Burma, according to the Myanmar Muslim news.
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April 4: Burma has offered to help Singapore meet a shortage of badly needed construction materials after Indonesia banned sand exports and seized granite shipments headed to the city-state.
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Myanmar will host the Sixth Meeting of the Joint Committee on Coordination of Commercial Navigation ( JCCCN) of four countries in the upper reaches of the Mekong River later this month, the local Yangon Times reported Thursday.
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Tehran: Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad for international affairs and development of cooperation with Africa, Farid Ejlali, and Myanmar’s deputy foreign minister in a meeting on Wednesday urged the need to broaden cooperation in the agriculture sector.
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Senior officials from ASEAN plus 3 countries have today agreed to adopt the formation of a fund to assist member countries experiencing economic crisis.
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The International Trade Union Confederation has appealed to multi-national companies investing in Burma to withdraw, as its investments are affecting the lives of Burmese people, whom the ruling military junta has suppressed for decades.
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The Tatmadaw government has taken power since 1988 promising to practice market-oriented economy and multi-party democracy. It swore to build in democracy step by step.
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