Lawyers for democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi have urged Myanmar’s top court to allow two key aides to testify at her trial, despite efforts by the ruling junta to bar them from the witness box. (more…)

Myanmar’s state media said Wednesday it was expecting the arrival of a rice-earing North Korean ship but had no news about a vessel being tracked by a US Navy destroyer under new UN sanctions. (more…)

The Burmese Army has significantly increased its military presence in northern and eastern Burma, where ethnic ceasefire armed groups are based, following their widespread rejection of the junta’s proposal to transform to a border guard force. (more…)

The Burmese army is still recruiting under-age soldiers in contravention of a United Nations call to stop the practice, according to child labor activists in Burma. (more…)

The Burmese military junta is secretly deploying more combat troops in Kachin State at a time when negotiations are on with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) over the transformation of its armed-wing into a battalion of a “Border Guard Force”, said local sources. (more…)

U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated Wednesday that his government would tighten sanctions against Myanmar over what he called the “sham trial” of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)

A special Burmese gems emporium organized by the state-run Myanmar Gems Enterprise (MGE) is taking place at the Myanmar Convention Center (MCC). The sale started on 22 June and ends on July 4. (more…)

Malaysian authorities might deport up to 14 Myanmar nationals who were arrested at a demonstration to mark jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, human rights activists said Wednesday. (more…)

If Burma’s State Peace Development Council (SPDC) holds a successful election in 2010, the Burmese people will lose all hope of freedom and the generals who now rule the country will retain their power. (more…)

Relations between Thailand and Burma are set to deteriorate dramatically following Bangkok’s warning that the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi could all but destroy Burma’s already fragile credibility. (more…)