A coalition of humanitarian groups heavily criticised Thursday a report on Myanmar’s cyclone disaster, saying it glossed over the junta’s obstruction of aid and human rights abuses. (more…)

More than 100 youth members of Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), resigned on Thursday, complaining that they weren’t allowed to participate in decision-making. (more…)

The village headman of Nalung was assaulted by two Burmese soldiers for helping a soldier of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at the military checkpoint near the Sino-Burma border in Burma’s northern Kachin State, said a local source. The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), the political wing of the KIA signed a ceasefire agreement with the ruling junta in 1994. (more…)

Six people who were arrested during last year’s Saffron Revolution demonstrations in Arakan State are currently being detained in Sittwe prison alongside criminals.
The six political prisoners have been placed together in cells with criminals and have not been given any opportunity for safer accommodations. (more…)

Dr. Marn Thet San, well known patron of Mon literature and culture as well as former College Headmaster, passed on October 10th. He died of a heart attack at his home in Mayangone Township, Rangoon. (more…)

U Ngwe Tun, an elected National League for Democracy representative for constituency 2 of Kyaukpadaung township in Mandalay, died on 11 October aged 79. (more…)

Residents of Bogalay township in Irrawaddy division have reported experiencing regular earth tremors without warning since 12 October, and say this is causing anxiety among locals. (more…)

The price of rubber has dropped precipitously, causing problems for plantation owners and workers in Burma and Thailand, say IMNA sources. (more…)

Burma is projecting that $6.84 million worth of fishery products will be exported to Bangladesh through the Maungdaw trade zone on the western border in the 2008 – 2009 fiscal year, reported a representative of the trade zone administration. (more…)

Everything from the skin and bones to the teeth and claws of almost 1,200 wild cats have been for sale at wildlife markets in Burma over a 15-year period, according to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report released on Tuesday. (more…)

Almost five months after Cyclone Nargis claimed five of her six children, Thein Thein faces having her seventh baby without any proper care. (more…)

A company whose milk powder had been banned after being found to contain the chemical melamine has recalled the tainted product, offering consumers in Burma an opportunity to exchange infected packages of the product for uncontaminated milk powder.
The Rangoon-based City Mart retail stores initiated the exchange program on the 10th of October. In order to exchange their defected package, customers must bring the original receipt and undamaged package of the contaminated product, Dulac (Dumex Step 1). (more…)

Surin Pitsuwan, the secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), has cancelled a scheduled appearance at a press conference where he was to receive a critical report by Burmese pro- democracy groups evaluating the post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) report compiled by Asean, the United Nations and Burma’s junta. (more…)

Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sompong Amornvivat, plans to officially visit Myanamr on Thursday to introduce himself and to confirm Thailand’s readiness to host ASEAN meeting at the end of this year. (more…)

After more than 15 years in the drafting, Burma unveiled its new constitution in February. The 194-page document has generated a widely disparate response. (more…)

Jakarta, Indonesia – Today a report entitled “Post-Nargis Analysis: The Other Side of the Story” was launched by nineteen of Burma’s civil society organizations.  The report reveals cases of aid obstruction, human rights abuses, intimidation, and corruption that have occurred in the cyclone-hit region. The post-Nargis analysis report is released today (10/16) in Jakarta because Indonesia holds a key position within both the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United Nations Security Council,  and is the host country of the ASEAN Secretariat. (more…)