Myanmar’s opposition party headed by Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday condemned the assassination of a top Karen rebel leader, who was a critical link between the insurgents and the pro-democracy movement. (more…)

A huge fire which raged for 13 hours through a big market building in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second city, injured 21 people and destroyed more than 1,500 shops, official media and witnesses said on Tuesday. (more…)

About 20 well-known Burmese political prisoners including members of the 88 Generation Students group have been charged and could receive sentences of up to 20-years, according to sources close to the activists. (more…)

Burma’s military rulers on Tuesday announced that it has set the rules for a referendum on a new constitution, but critics said no independent commission to monitor the polling has been set up. (more…)

The International Labour Organization today said it has successfully negotiated with Burma’s ruling junta for the extension of its liaison office in Rangoon. (more…)

There are few surprises in the junta’s law to govern May’s referendum, with the regime maintaining tight control over the proceedings and virtually no role for the public. (more…)

Burmese military authorities ordered villagers in Sittwe to participate in a welcome reception for a battalion that will be returning there to its base from the western frontlines today, reports a government teacher. (more…)

The Chin National Front has criticised the excessive taxes levied by the Burmese government on ethnic Chin people who are already facing severe food shortages. (more…)

The Thai police on Monday arrested six people who murdered four Burmese migrant workers on February 4 in Chaiya Township Surat Thani in southern Thailand, said Ko Tin Tun Aung the secretary of migrat at the Federation of Trade Unions-Burma (FTUB). (more…)

Burmese authorities have launched a hunt for an unidentified armed group which attacked a Chinese patrol boat on the Mekong river, injuring three Chinese police officers, on Monday. (more…)

Unable to wait any longer for the international community to help, India based Chin Famine Emergency Relief Committee have begun to take necessary steps to help the people from the famine called “Mautam” in Chin state, Burma. (more…)

The latest sanctions issued by the U.S. Treasury have apparently implicated CNOOC, China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas, which is alleged to have been cooperating with a company run by a family notorious for its heroin-trafficking activities to explore oil and gas in Myanmar. (more…)

Eric Ambler told the tale of a clapped-out reporter whose near-bankrupt newsletter suddenly starts to make a fortune on its classified advertisements. The journalist couldn’t understand why, but didn’t want to look his gift horse too closely in the mouth. (more…)

In a written reply to a question raised in the Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Facility envisages connectivity between Indian ports on the eastern seaboard and Sittwe Port in Myanmar Suggesting that this alternate route would facilitate the transport of goods between the eight north eastern Indian states and Myanmar, Mukherjee said that the approximate cost of the project is expected to be Rs. 545 crores. (more…)

Indonesia wants to see democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi included in the political process in military-ruled Myanmar, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said on Wednesday. (more…)

China on Tuesday rejected criticism of its Myanmar policy, calling on relevant organizations to correctly understand the policy. (more…)

As China prepares to host the Olympic Games in August, its foreign policy is coming under increasing scrutiny because of its stand on political events in Burma and human rights violations in the Darfur region of Sudan. (more…)

Tokyo, despite its partial freeze on humanitarian aid to Myanmar (Burma), plans to give its backing to a U.N. plan to assist the impoverished nation in eradicating poverty, sources said. (more…)

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his Indonesian colleague Hassan Wirajuda Wednesday welcomed Myanmar’s junta government allowing a May referendum on a draft constitution, but called on the military to release political prisoners. “We are both encouraged that political changes in Myanmar are on course” said Steinmeier after a meeting with Wirajuda in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. (more…)

Burma’s generals have agreed to let the UN envoy visit again but there is little likelihood of anything being achieved. (more…)