A prominent Burmese labor rights activist, Su Su Nway, was placed in solitary confinement for three days after participating in a ceremony to mark the 62nd anniversary of Martyrs’ Day on June 19 in Kalay Prison, in Sagaing Division, according to her sister. (more…)

The American man on trial in Myanmar for trespassing at Aung San Suu Kyi’s home was taken to a city hospital overnight after having convulsions in prison, a hospital worker told AFP Tuesday. (more…)

There has been a quantum leap in child labour in Arakan State after the state started facing severe economic crisis, said a social worker in Sittwe. (more…)

On August 4th, the New Mon State Party (NMSP) announced that it decided to turn down the offer made by the Burmese State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), to reform its armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) into either a Border Guard Force (BGF) or a government aligned people’s militia. Despite increased pressure from the SPDC to bring the MNLA under nominal state control as a reduced force, the NMSP statement sites the importance of ethnic identity and the will of the people in making its decision. (more…)

Thailand bilateral trade hit 3.05 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year 2008-09 which ended in March, according to the latest figures of the government’s Central Statistical Organization. (more…)

Thailand plans to import natural gas from offshore Block M9 in the Gulf of Martaban in Myanmar in late 2013, Energy Minister Wannarat Charnnukul said on Tuesday. (more…)

AMERICAN non-proliferation experts have called on the international nuclear watchdog to seek clarification from the Burmese Government over its nuclear program after a Herald report that quoted defectors claiming there was a secret military nuclear program. (more…)

The CEO of the French energy giant Total said critics of the company’s operations in Burma “can go to hell,” according to an interview published by Newsweek magazine on August 3. (more…)

The Thai government will soon make a decision to support the damming of the Salween River. (more…)

A new report released today provides a rare glimpse of communities struggling to survive amidst civil war and abuses in the flood zone of the tallest dam planned for Southeast Asia in southern Shan State of Burma. (more…)