Ministers in Naypyidaw on 9 December refused to grant permission to two lawyers for detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to hold a meeting with their client. (more…)

More than one hundred people were arrested at Rangoon’s Thilawa port on 8 December as they were being transported from Arakan state, according to eyewitnesses. (more…)

Myanmar’s military authorities freed a prominent member of the opposition National League for Democracy party Thursday after holding him for two months for questioning. (more…)

A man and a woman were killed after a fire broke out in a room close to the Mingalar plaza in Rangoon early today morning. (more…)

About 1,000 United Wa State Army (UWSA) troops have been taking part in military training exercises near the Thai-Burmese border since the beginning of December, as Burma’s ruling junta steps up its efforts to force the former rebel army to disarm. (more…)

The tragic death of 54 illegal Myanmar migrants from suffocation in a seafood container in Ranong province eight months ago, has drawn great attention to the plight of Myanmar job seekers who are willing to risk their lives in search of what they believe to be a better life. Yet eight months on….the prosecution of the smugglers has proven no easy task. (more…)

When Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar in May, leaving close to 140,000 people dead or missing, aid workers feared an increase in child trafficking from the region. (more…)

Troops of the Burmese Army extorted Kyat 150,000 and three hens from six villagers of Khawthlir, Rih sub-township, in Chin state on the Indo-Burma border. They were going to Mizoram in northeast India to look for jobs … Troops of the Burmese Army extorted Kyat 150,000 and three hens from six villagers of Khawthlir, Rih sub-township, in Chin state on the Indo-Burma border. They were going to Mizoram in northeast India to look for jobs. (more…)

India has given permission for limited wheat exports to neighbours Myanmar and Nepal, the government said in a statement on Thursday. (more…)

There has been an alarming rise in drug addiction among government staff, despite the restriction on drugs in Loije city, near China-Burma border, Bhamo District in Kachin State in northern Burma, a source said. (more…)

The number of foreign nationals applying for refugee status in Japan is likely to hit an all-time high of around 1,500 in 2008 mainly due to political instability in countries such as Myanmar [Burma], sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. (more…)

Nobel peace laureates opened a summit in Paris on Thursday to draw world attention to the plight of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, but former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was forced to miss the gathering. (more…)

Some U.S. aid is getting to the people of Myanmar and Washington plans to provide $5 million more in disaster relief in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis that devastated the country in May, U.S. first lady Laura Bush said on Wednesday. (more…)

Despite a call for sanctions by the international community on Burma, companies are instead expanding their engagement in business relationships with the militarily-ruled country and as such are complicit in the torture of Burmese citizens, says a prominent activist group. (more…)

Thanks to the callousness of its military rulers, Burma has aacquired another unenviable statistic. It has replaced Cambodia as the country with the highest annual number of landmine victims in the region. (more…)

While governments and groups around the world made effusive statements and gave awards to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10, the Asian Human Rights Commission struck a more somber note. (more…)