As Burma gears up for rare elections due next year, eyes are turning to the fate of the country’s ageing military strongman, Than Shwe, and a possible succession, exiled activists say. (more…)

Burmese military strongman Snr-Gen Than Shwe traveled to Pyin Oo Lwin on Friday to attend the graduation of the 52nd Intake of the Defense Services Academy (DSA). As with previous graduations, he took along an entourage of family members, including his favorite grandson, Nay Shwe Thway Aung. (more…)

Yangon, Myanmar — A jailed U.S. citizen, on a protest hunger strike for more than a week in military-ruled Myanmar, was not able to appear in court because of poor health, his lawyers said Saturday. (more…)

Kuala Lumpur — A moderate earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale occurred near the Burma-Bangladesh border region at 10.42 on Sunday night. (more…)

Yangon – Myanmar will auction 137 more nationalized buildings and land plots in 10 cities of the country, according to the Administration Committee for Nationalized Properties Monday. (more…)

Bangkok — The United Nations warned on Monday that drug-control measures were “unraveling” in Myanmar, with opium farming in the country expanding for the third consecutive year. (more…)

Bangkok — Thai authorities on Monday sought to unravel the mystery of the ultimate destination of a plane that landed in Bangkok with a huge cache of weapons from North Korea, exported in defiance of a U.N. embargo on arms from the communist state. (more…)

The Mekong media have strongly urged one of its partners, China media to report more stories about the circumstances of the upstream region of the Mekong River at a four- day long Mekong Media Forum held in Chiangmai, Thailand from 9-12 December. (more…)

From New York to Utah, refugees who can’t find a job, don’t have enough food or feel abandoned by caseworkers look for help — in Thailand. (more…)

Yangon – Myanmar’s junta this year paved the way for their unique vision of “discipline-flourishing democracy” by making sure that the country’s chief opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was safely under detention, if not silenced. (more…)