A vote “No” movement is gaining momentum throughout Burma as the May referendum date-still yet to be announced-draws near. (more…)

Burma’s military government has organized township sub-commissions to prepare for the referendum on the constitution in May, staffed mainly with officials from the townships’ ruling councils and regime supporters, USDA sources say. (more…)

The International Labour Organisation will hold a forum on Burma tomorrow at its Geneva headquarters to discuss forced labour issues and the extended agreement with the Burmese regime to stop the practice. (more…)

A statement from a group called the People’s Movement Committee (National League for Democracy) said the group would lead people’s movements across Burma to fight against the military dictatorship. (more…)

The infamous Burmese censors are at work again and have banned veteran Burmese writer Ludu Sein Win from publishing his works. The writer who has faced several bans in the past has once again been targeted. (more…)

Burma’s ruling junta has granted a rare permission to operate a Mandalay-based radio program to Forever Group, a business consortium thought to be closely aligned with Burma’s generals. (more…)

An arm of the International Labor Organization (ILO) has arrived at a verdict in favor of detained rights activists aligned with the outlawed Federal Trade Union of Burma (FTUB). (more…)

Myanmar, a member of the six- country Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)-Economic Cooperation, has worked for closer economic ties together with other members of the grouping by taking part in the implementation of the GMS program. (more…)

A Vietnamese representative to the United Nations said on March 18 the country supports the UN’s role in resolving the Myanmar issue and respects Myanmar’s independence and sovereignty. (more…)

Ibrahim Gambari was rebuffed when he suggested that the military junta amend its “roadmap to democracy” to include input from the country’s pro-democracy movement and other political parties. (more…)

Newly elected Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s kind words on Burma’s leaders drew mixed reactions from people in the military-ruled country. While the generals in Naypyidaw were undoubtedly delighted to hear their own words coming out of Samak’s mouth, most other Burmese were appalled by his ignorant assessment of the personal virtues of their nation’s brutal rulers. (more…)

None of this should have been a surprise. The Burmese generals sent Ibrahim Gambari away empty-handed. The military rulers treated Gambari, special envoy to Burma and under secretary general of the UN, with unconcealed contempt. (more…)

The latest report of a United Nations independent expert has rightly inferred that the deepening poverty of millions is the most endemic human rights abuse in Burma today. (more…)

After 14 years of broken promises, the Burmese Junta announce that it is finally introducing a constitution, with a referendum due in the 1st week of May followed by a full fledge elections in 2010. (more…)

1. The entire population is aware of the fact that the government has adopted the dictatorship system and ruled the country from the year 1962 to date. (more…)