The lawyer of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has sent a second letter to the government demanding a response to an appeal for her release, five months after the as yet unacknowledged initial demand. (more…)

A former student leader who was jailed for his part in the 1988 pro-democracy movement in Burma is in danger of losing his eyesight, his wife said, after getting a letter from Ko Hla Myo Naung last month. (more…)

Chairman of the Myanmar [Burma] State Peace and Development Council Senior-General Than Shwe met with Chen Bingde, visiting member of the Central Military Commission of China and Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw Wednesday. (more…)

Senior military officials of the Karen National Union (KNU) have not been allowed to re-enter Mae Sot, Thailand, since Thai authorities forced them to leave the country on February 25, according to a KNU leader. (more…)

Myanmar’s foreign investment rose sharply by 93.06 percent in 2008, reaching 974.996 million U.S. dollars compared with 2007, according to the latest figures released by the Central Statistical Organization. (more…)

A recent survey of female sex workers in Burma confirms a high incidence of HIV, threatening a dangerous and potentially devastating epidemic. (more…)

Singapore urged Myanmar’s military rulers to reconcile with the opposition and engage with West, even as the junta renewed a crackdown on pro-democracy activists. (more…)

Singaporean activists Wednesday denounced their government’s decision to honour visiting Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein by naming a new orchid strain after him. (more…)

The members of the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature has urged Burmese scribes to continue their work amidst tight restrictions imposed on them, by their military rulers, saying their solidarity remains with them. (more…)

While the world remains shocked by the story of the Rohingya boatpeople who washed up on Thailand’s shores in January, the media coverage has failed to open up a discussion on the wider Burmese refugee crisis. (more…)

Burmese monk Ashin Sopaka recently came to Prague on the invitation of the One World film festival to introduce one of the strongest human rights documentaries to be shown here in recent years. (more…)

Yangon, Myanmar – Authorities in Myanmar have arrested five members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, a spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the U.N. called for the release of more than 2,000 political prisoners in the military-run country. (more…)

Antonio Guterres, chief of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, recently wrapped up his assessment of the plight of one of the world’s most suppressed and controversial refugee groups, the Rohingyas. (more…)

New Delhi – A Sino-Burma border based ethnic Kachin rebel group has declared it is ready to abandon armed struggle after the 2010 general elections, if the new elected government urges them to do so. (more…)

Although being in Nu Pho camp feels like being in any little village peppered with bamboo huts, no one I spoke to there seemed to feel safe. (more…)

Jakarta,(ANTARA News) – Monday`s meeting between President Sosilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein resulted in agreements holding out bright prospects for the two countries` trade relations. (more…)

Burmese rubies and jades are famous for their quality, and sold all over the world. (more…)

DHAKA – Bangladesh says its eastern neighbour Myanmar is “unilaterally” erecting a barbed wire fencing along its border and has mobilised troops and naval force. (more…)

Bangkok – It is a photograph from happier times. Nilar Thein and her husband Kyaw Min Yu look relaxed and free. They both sport warm smiles. Kyaw Min Yu, or ‘Jimmy’, is carrying the couple’s baby daughter. (more…)

Geneva – A U.N. special investigator is calling for Burma’s ruling military junta to release more than 2,000 political prisoners. The human rights expert urges Burma’s government, also known as Myanmar, to free Democratic Opposition Leader and Nobel Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi from six years of house detention. The investigator has submitted his report to the U.N. Human Rights Council. (more…)