In the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, a new satellite town is being built beside the Myaungmya-Latputta Highway, about three miles away from Latputta. Currently, the real estate business is on a upswing in this area. (more…)

BDR jawans have taken positions at the bank of Naaf river in Palongkhali union of Ukhiya upazila as Myanmar border force Nasaka again started erecting earth embankment within 80 yards of the zero point. (more…)

A total of 1,850 HIV patients received anti-retroviral therapy (ART) treatment through state hospitals in the first three months of this year, the local Biweekly Eleven reported Thursday. (more…)

An ASEAN workshop on youth, culture and development, hosted by Myanmar, is underway in the country’s second largest city of Mandalay, the state newspaper NewLight of Myanmar reported Thursday. (more…)

In a fresh crackdown on migrants, Malaysian authorities arrested at least 200 Burmese nationals on Wednesday, in Kuala Lumpur. (more…)

An influential US senator has accused Malaysian officials of complicity in the human trafficking of Burmese refugees who have been sold into prostitution and other kinds of forced labour in recent years. (more…)

The Burmese military regime’s army and nine other armed groups are still recruiting child soldiers, according to the latest Annual Report of the UN Secretary-General to the Security Council on Children and Armed Conflict, released on Wednesday. (more…)

TWENTY years ago, on April 17, 1989, ethnic Wa troops put an end to the communist insurgency in Burma and established the United Wa State Army (UWSA). With Chinese-donated weapons they inherited from Burman communists, the UWSA became the largest ethnic insurgent army in the country. Following the Wa mutiny, other ethnic armed opposition groups along the Thai border asked the Wa army to join their alliance. Instead, the war-weary Wa leaders decided to accept an offer from the military government for a cease-fire agreement. (more…)

If you want to know what Snr-Gen Than Shwe is thinking these days, I suggest you read his recent Armed Forces Day speech in Naypyidaw. There was nothing new in his annual speech, which contained an admonition that the democratization process would be slow. (more…)

Former leaders of Britain’s three main political parties have added their support to Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s (CSW) petition calling on the UN Secretary-General to make the release of Burma’s 2,100 political prisoners his personal priority. (more…)

Two opposition party members have been arrested whilst praying for the release of political prisoners in Burma, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)

The Burmese military junta-backed civilian organization, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) in Chin state, has completed its list of members, who will contest in the ensuing general elections in 2010. (more…)

The Myanmar Teleport will allow opening of more public access centers (PAC) in the country to facilitate communication links, the leading weekly Yangon Times reported Wednesday, quoting the Myanmar Info-tech. (more…)

The 39th anniversary of Earth Day today was marked by Burma’s ethnic Kachins and environmentalists with solemnity and traditional Christian prayer services at two places on the Sino-Burma border in northern Burma, organizers said. (more…)

Myanmar is stepping up cooperation with Malaysian entrepreneurs on palm oil production, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Wednesday. (more…)

Residents of a working-class neighborhood in Rangoon say they are worried about their health because an outbreak of diarrhea that has hit the area since last week’s Burmese New Year’s holidays is still not under control. (more…)

The Burmese junta tortures ‘a lot’ of its critics, says a senior U.N. official, who also says he expects human rights monitoring to increase. (more…)

Democratic Voice of Burma television is now being broadcast globally via the internet, aiming to reach 10 million Burmese across the world. Viewers can access DVB TV by downloading the DVB application on the Livestation platform. (more…)

Thailand seeks to mediate peace talks between Burma’s ruling junta and the Karen ethnic group that it’s been trying to wipe out for 60 years. Norway, meanwhile, hopes to heal the rift between warring Karen factions. (more…)

A new report released today called “Holding Our Ground” decries that the Burma’s military junta’s dual policy of expanding militarization and land confiscation has been causing people to face widespread problems such as food and water shortages and instability. (more…)