Burma’s pro-democracy groups and activists have expressed their unhappiness about the resumption of diplomatic relations between North Korea and Burma, saying the development will bring no positive progress for Burma and its people. (more…)

May 7: The authorities of Ayataw Township, Monywa district in central Burma’s Sagaing Division, ordered local people to supply one person from each village for military trainings. (more…)

The military junta’s grandiose plans to dam the Salween River, the longest free-flowing river in Southeast Asia, will devastate sources of livelihood of over half a million residents living on the mouth of the river, said a new report released today. (more…)

Bangkok: International business wrangling over the fate of 200 billion cubic meters of gas under the sea off the coast of Burma’s port of Sittwe took a new twist recently with reports that South Korea’s Daewoo industrial conglomerate has dispatched lawyers to Naypyidaw to discuss the issue with the junta. (more…)

Yangon: The electric power sector dominated foreign investment in Myanmar with 6.311 billion U.S. dollars as of the end of January this year, the local Weekly Eleven News quoted the government’s National Investment Commission as reporting Tuesday. (more…)

A new Karen organization, heavily critical of Karen armed groups, including the Karen National Union, was formed yesterday. (more…)

May 7: The final draft of the Federal Constitution of Burma, which will guarantee self-determination, equality, and protection of the rights of the minority, will be ready soon. (more…)

May 7: Guyana abstained from voting on a draft resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar at the UN General Assembly in December last year because of some tendentious issues in the resolution and difficulties in consultation on the issues, among others. (more…)

Although there never was an axis of evil, there are murderous dictatorships in the world today that have one thing in common: support from the People’s Republic of China. (more…)