India’s Naval Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehra has embarked on a nine-day tour of Burma and Singapore to give a leg up to bilateral ties and military cooperation with the neighbouring countries. (more…)

A local aid group which mainly provides financial support for political prisoners in Burma’s prisons is badly in need of funding, according to a group member. (more…)

May 8: Detained rights activist Ko Myint Naing and five villagers of Oak Pon in lower Burma’s Henzada township, have been denied medical treatments and meetings with their family members, according to a source close to them. (more…)

Smuggled Burmese teak worth about 400,000 taka was seized in the border town Teknaf by Bangladesh law enforcement as the teak was being transported on a lorry to Cox’s Bazar district town from Teknaf. (more…)

Yangon: Myanmar has reported a new outbreak of polio near the border with Bangladesh, the second time the disease has been detected in this impoverished country in one year, state media reported Wednesday. (more…)

Yangon: An Indian small and medium entrepreneurs (SME) exhibition will be held in Yangon, Myanmar’s former capital, late this year, aimed at boosting bilateral trade and cooperation, the local Newsweek journal reported Wednesday. (more…)

Kuala Lumpur: Human Rights Watch has urged the Malaysian government to disband a feared volunteer force, saying its members are responsible for violence and numerous cases of illegal detentions, mainly against migrant workers. (more…)

Economic sanctions should not be relied on to resolve ongoing disputes with Iran and North Korea, an all-party House of Lords committee warned today. (more…)

In the spring of 2006, Chinese President Hu Juntao told President George Bush that for Kim Jong II of North Korea to consider Chinese style reform, he will need to be reassured by a guarantor such as the United States. (more…)