On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 8888 uprising, the All Burma Federation of Student Unions has called on the Burmese people to rise up again to bring down the military regime. (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party told a UN envoy visiting Burma on Wednesday that the junta’s decision to keep her under house arrest for a sixth year violates her human rights. (more…)

The severe food crisis in Chin state of Burma was the focus of the meeting of international and domestic non government organizations held at the World Food Program’s (WFP) head-office in Rangoon yesterday. All present agreed on the acuteness of the crisis and expressed fears about imminent famine in Chin state. (more…)

One of Burma’s most popular comedians has been charged with several offences, after he defied the military by giving aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. (more…)

U.S. First Lady Laura Bush tried to boost pressure on the Myanmar government to accept democratic reforms when she visited a large refugee camp in Thailand just a few miles from the border on Thursday. (more…)

The Burmese government has reinforced its troops along the border with Thailand to beef up security in the run-up to the 20th anniversary of Burma’s pro-democracy uprising, said a border source. The troop build-up is said to have begun four days ago in the border areas opposite the northern provinces of Tak, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son, the source said. (more…)

A Myanmar high-ranking health official has stressed the implementation of breast feeding project as a prime task in boosting health status of women and babies. (more…)

On August 2, two drug smugglers were arrested along with 4,000 WY tablets by Maungdaw district police in Maungdaw Township in Arakan State , according to a police source in Maungdaw Town. They were let off later as part of police-smuggler nexus. (more…)

US President George W Bush traded ideas about US economic sanctions on Burma, humanitarian aid after Cyclone Nargis and Chinese foreign policy during a private lunch with nine Burmese activists in Bangkok on Thursday. (more…)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should push for the inclusion of democratic reforms in Burma in a future dialogue between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a self-exiled Burmese lawmaker said Thursday. (more…)

All nations need outside help when faced by a major natural disaster, according to the United Nations’ top humanitarian official, commenting today on the relief operations following Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. (more…)

One day before the Beijing Olympics begin, President George W Bush and first lady Laura Bush meet with Burmese democracy activists in Thailand. The trip rightly draws attention to a matter China prefers the world would ignore-it’s propping up of one of the world’s most brutal military dictatorships. (more…)

WHILE the whole world is busy watching the Beijing Olympics, many Burmese are preparing for the 20th anniversary of the August 8, 1988 uprising, or “8888″. But the question now is how many Burmese can seriously review this journey of 20 years and the goals of the democracy movement? There is no sign of any big ceremony inside the country as all key members of the 88 Generation Student Group, including Min Ko Naing, are in jail. (more…)

“President George Bush will meet Burmese activists during Thailand trip” – dominated headlines among Burma’s exile community. It appeared to offer new hope after but the latest episode of sadness and frustration inside their motherland – the military government’s stubborn and incapable efforts in the Nargis relief effort. (more…)

In the twenty years of iron rule of Burma since 1988, conventional methods of developing democracy have not brought results. (more…)