The Burmese military junta has told ethnic ceasefire groups they have till September this year to transform their groups, an ethnic Wa rebel group told Mizzima. (more…)

AYE Myat Mon and her little brother, Ye Htet Kyaw, who clung together during the terrifying hours of Cyclone Nargis, are two among a multitude of lost children in Burma. (more…)

A US citizen was arrested on Wednesday for swimming in Yangon’s Inya Lake, which rims many compounds of the politically famous or notorious, military sources said. (more…)

Farmers in Burma’s northern Kachin State are being meted out ill treatment in the name of growing summer paddy by local Burmese Army battalions, said local farmers. (more…)

Chinese’s economic presence in Burma is growing fast, filling in where sanctions have forced the United States and its allies out. (more…)

Myanmar has introduced a project on HIV prevention for migrant workers moving into the country’s two border areas of Tachilek and Muse for livelihood, the local Biweekly Eleven reported in this week’s issue. (more…)

Diarrhea has been under control in all affected townships in Myanmar’s former capital of Yangon, the local 7-Day News quoted the Yangon City Development Committee as reporting Wednesday. (more…)

Two South Korean legislators will visit Burma on Friday to convey President Lee Myung Bak’s message and to invite representatives from the military junta for the forthcoming meeting between South Korea and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). (more…)

Claims by Burmese junta leader Snr-Gen Than Shwe that Burma is enjoying a rice production surplus are being greeted with skepticism by the experts. (more…)

A US-based human rights advocacy group, the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, called on Wednesday for the UN Security Council to protect the tens of thousands of children “who are raped, abducted and recruited as soldiers” in Burma. (more…)

Burma’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win has called during a recent visit to Cuba for an end to sanctions imposed on developing countries-including his own. Nyan Win’s call came as the US conducts a review of its policy on Burma. (more…)