The Rangoon court trying opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi agreed today to delay the verdict it was planning to give on Friday and to hear the evidence of three defense witnesses instead. (more…)

The trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was delayed again on Wednesday after a court in the army-ruled country agreed to hear an appeal of an earlier decision barring three of her defence witnesses. (more…)

An American facing trial for swimming to the home of Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was motivated by religious fervor rather than criminal intent and should receive a light sentence, his lawyer said Wednesday. (more…)

State-run newspapers on Wednesday reported that eight minors who had joined the military of their own volition were returned to their parents, a rare case in military-ruled Burma, which is often criticized for forcibly recruiting children into the armed forces. (more…)

A ‘free Aung San Suu Kyi campaign’ has started with the distribution of the democracy icon’s portraits in Yenanchaung, Magwe Division and Myingyan in Mandalay Division, local people and the National League for Democracy party members said. (more…)

Sales of radio sets have been going up in Kalemyo and Tamu Township, Sagaing division western Burma, with more and more people tuning into foreign radio program to listen to news about Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial. (more…)

The Thai government has agreed to offer a new round of registration for work permits for non-citizens illegally working in Thailand, according to Thai non-government organizations. (more…)

The military regime in Burma is becoming increasingly concerned about China’s growing economic domination and will be worried that tougher Western sanctions could push the country’s biggest gas field into Chinese hands. (more…)

Farmers in the cyclone affected areas in Burma are in acute need of cash and credit assistance to buy inputs for the ensuing monsoon planting season, the United Nations World Food Programme said. (more…)

ASEAN should use its charter and the ASEAN community should work out a mechanism to mount pressure on the Burmese military junta to usher in democracy in the country, a seminar in Bangkok concluded. (more…)

Thailand and Bangladesh are to take action to stem the flow of Rohingya refugees into Burma’s neighbouring countries and will help with repatriation back to Burma, said the Thai foreign minister yesterday. (more…)

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of U Thant, on Wednesday paid tribute to the memory of the former United Nations chief and voiced hope for a better future for the land of his birth, Myanmar. (more…)

Burmese democracy leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi stood trial last month on new, false charges –despite having spent 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest. She has committed no crime: Indeed, it is the regime that is criminal. (more…)