A man has been arrested in Myanmar after making a phone call threatening to blow up government offices, state media said Tuesday, as security remained high after a string of blasts in Yangon. (more…)

A high level junta officer, Major General Khin Zaw, visited Yawchang Bridge, which was built by forced labourers from Mrauk U and Minbya Townships on October 22, 2008, said sources. (more…)

Ma Phyu was a familiar figure in the Burmese community of Ruili, China, commonly found passing the time by munching betel along the streets. But then one day she was no longer there, and two weeks afterward the truth was found out – Ma Phyu was part of a human trafficking operation that specialized in selling young Burmese women as brides to Chinese men. (more…)

About 200 Burmese women have been arrested in China, after they were smuggled into the country under pretext of finding work, said a source on the border. (more…)

Abuse by Burmese army battalions in southern Mon State and neighboring Tenasserim division is driving away residents, say a group of twelve displaced people who recently arrived in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand. At least one of the sources’ home villages has become seriously depopulated, with abuses in the last four years driving away 70 of 150 households in Amae village, Yebyu Township. (more…)

The United States said it began enforcing Monday a law seeking to tighten an import ban on gems from military-ruled Myanmar in a bid to deprive the junta of precious revenue. (more…)

The United States presidential election is just one week away, and Burmese both at home and in the US are watching closely to decide for themselves who is more likely to have a positive impact on Burma’s future. (more…)

Burma is ruled by one of the world’s most brutal regimes, guilty not only of suppressing democracy but of causing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. In response, the International Crisis Group (ICG) has lost the plot. (more…)

As Burma’s economy continues to shrink year by year, the domestic labor market cannot keep pace with the country’s growing population or its expanding number of university graduates. As a result, thousands of graduates leave the country every year for the sake of their future. (more…)

Burma’s oldest ethnic rebel group, the Karen National Union (KNU), concluded its 14th congress in Karen State on October 18, with 11 new appointed executive members, including the first woman general-secretary. (more…)

If the Burmese government is to live up to its international responsibilities on women’s rights, it must allow women to participate fully in the political life of the country. (more…)

Presenter: Sen Lam

Speaker: Dr Thaung Htun, Burma’s pro-democracy representative for UN affairs (more…)