The Burmese junta is gearing up to hold its first military quarterly meeting for 2009 in the second week of March, where it is likely to discuss major issues including plans for the 2010 general elections, sources in the army said. (more…)

National League for Democracy elected representatives and organising committee members from 10 townships in Rangoon division met at party headquarters to discuss whether to contest the 2010 election. (more…)

Burmese government’s press censor board is planning to change from the current paper system to digital, according to the Ministry of Information’s Press Scrutiny and Registration Division director, Major Tint Swe. (more…)

About 500 Burmese migrant workers and their children were taken into custody in Mae Sot after Thai authorities raided their homes on Thursday, says a Burmese migrant rights group. (more…)

Myanmar will grant visa-on-arrival for cross-border tourists entering by road from Teng Chong, southwestern Yunnan province of China, to travel deep into Myanmar’s tourist sites by air en route the border town of Myitkyina in the northernmost Kachin state, local media reported Thursday. (more…)

Two-way trade between Myanmar and Viet Nam amounted to US$108.2 million last year, up 11 per cent over 2007, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. (more…)

Businessmen of Myanmar and Indonesia are coordinating to hold a trade fair in Myanmar’s former capital of Yangon in July this year to boost bilateral trade. (more…)

Most deaths of children under five are preventable or treatable in Myanmar, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). (more…)

International human rights groups urged leaders of Southeast Asia gathering for their annual summit Thursday to press military-ruled Myanmar to end its rights abuses. (more…)

East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta has called on the United States to use the “international goodwill” generated by Barack Obama’s historic presidency to help end Burma’s political crisis. (more…)

The United States lashed out at the Myanmar regime’s human rights record Wednesday, saying the military was “brutally” suppressing its citizens and razing entire villages. (more…)

Reforming Myanmar’s harsh military rule may not rank at the top of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy goals, but it’s one he will find among the most difficult to achieve. (more…)

President Barack Obama has held out his hand to world leaders seeking engagement, rather than confrontation to solve international disputes. This entails a review of the way the United States deals with specific countries, and such an effort is now under way regarding the government of Burma. (more…)

Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has been sending conflicting messages about western sanctions. (more…)

Amnesty International called on ASEAN member states to move human rights to the top of the agenda of the ASEAN summit, scheduled to take place this weekend in Thailand, if they are to demonstrate their commitment to the ASEAN Charter. (more…)

1. The International Burmese Monks Organization (I.B.M.O) formed by all the Burmese Monks abroad – is established in the New York State, U.S.A. The Executive Committee of the I.B.M.O. welcomes the news of release of over six thousand prisoners from various jails in Burma. But the False Intention with which it was done has upset the Committee and gives no reason to endorse the unlawful military government. (more…)