Yangon – Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed a lawsuit with Myanmar’s Supreme Court Thursday in an attempt to prevent the dissolution of her party under a controversial new election law. (more…)

Yangon – Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein on Thursday registered a new political party to contest a general election scheduled at an unspecified date this year, state media reports said. (more…)

Chiang Mai – A reporter for a non-profit media organisation lost her appeal in the Magway Division Court against a jail term of more than a quarter of a century handed down in Pakokku, her lawyer said yesterday. (more…)

Fang, Thailand – Hundreds of ethnic Shan, Lahu, Chinese and Thai businesspeople, including some families of United Wa State Army (UWSA) personnel, have moved to the Thai-Burmese border area because they fear a serious flare-up of fighting between Burmese government troops and UWSA units based in southern Shan State. (more…)

Tension between Burmese junta troops and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) in Myawaddy township on the Thai-Burmese border has been mounting since the disagreement on border guard issues. (more…)

Maungdaw: The membership cards issued by the Union Solidarity and Development Association cannot be used as a travel document by Muslim members as guaranteed by the association during its campaign to expand in Muslim villages in northern Arakan State, said Hafezul Rahman, a USDA member, on Tuesday. (more…)

Thimphu — Military-ruled Myanmar is cozying up to South Asian leaders to entice deeper ties. (more…)

Bangkok – Two years after a devastating cycle struck Myanmar its military regime is continuing to frustrate efforts to provide humanitarian aid to survivors, a leading rights group said Thursday. (more…)

Washington – A bipartisan US federal body has recommended the Washington administration to keep Burma on its list of “countries of particular concern” (CPC) because of their suppression of religious freedom. (more…)

There are two photos of Nay Phone Latt that I love. In the first one, he’s in a vacant lot flying a kite. In the other, he’s standing in front of a wall-size King Kong poster, a dinosaur lunging for his right ear. (more…)

Bangkok – When shareholders of the multinational company Chevron gather for their annual meeting in the U.S. city of Houston in late May, they will come face to face with Naing Htoo, whose community has suffered due to the exploits of the energy giant in military-ruled Burma. (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi does not stand alone. Let’s show our support for Zarganar and the thousands persecuted by a brutal junta (more…)

Ko Mya Aye, one of the leaders of 88 Generation Students Group, which led protests in 1988 and again in 2007, is being denied access to proper medical treatment he urgently needs for a heart condition. (more…)

(Bangkok) – The Burmese government continues to deny basic freedoms and place undue restrictions on aid agencies despite significant gains in rehabilitating areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis two years ago, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. (more…)