The Burmese junta’s apparent intent to develop a nuclear weapons program is a tragic waste of badly needed money which should be used for the welfare of the people, say opposition political leaders. (more…)

Myanmar’s former capital city of Yangon is now facing abnormal reduced electric power supply as an old pipeline that carries natural gas from the Mottama offshore gas field to drive power plants in the city leaked again over last week, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday. (more…)

Geneva – International labour experts warned on Sunday that Myanmar’s military is still resorting to forced labour despite signs of progress with civilian local authorities. (more…)

China was variously described as plunderer and arch destroyer of Burma’s natural resources on the 38th World Environment Day today, by local people and environmental activists. (more…)

Gas revenues being banked at the official exchange rate in Burma are causing an artificial deficit, when in fact there should be a 15 percent fiscal surplus, a prominent economist on Burma has said. (more…)

HO CHI MINH CITY– Myanmar has given no clear signs that it would welcome regional help with its elections expected later this year, its Southeast Asian neighbors said on Sunday. (more…)

Some 200 Burmese and Vietnamese migrants held in a Malaysian immigration camp last night rioted and attempted to set the camp’s administration office on fire. (more…)

Chittagong, Bangladesh: Arakanese Rohingya asylum seekers are facing a crisis of food in Cambodia, said Mohamed Tayub, an asylum seeker in a mobile phone interview. (more…)

Myanmar ambassador says that renewed allegations that the country has a secret nuclear programme were false. (more…)

Vienna – The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday it was looking into a report that military-ruled Myanmar was aiming to develop nuclear weapons. (more…)

Burma’s regime seeks a military deterrent to preserve its chokehold on power. (more…)

A new report released by the dissident group Democratic Voice of Burma alleges that Myanmar has taken steps toward nuclear weapons development. The report is co-authored by former IAEA senior inspector Robert Kelley, and it’s based upon a five-year investigation of documents and photos provided by Burmese army defector Sai Thein Win. The evidence is particularly troubling given past accusations that North Korea has provided missile and nuclear technologies to Naypyidaw. Both the DPRK and Burma have always denied these allegations. (more…)

A federal resettlement program for Burmese Karen sees 4,000 refugees starting new lives in Canada. (more…)

Burma will definitely become the first nuclear power in Southeast Asia if the world gives the country’s ruling generals a free hand to pursue their secret ambitions. (more…)

The Union of Myanmar and the People’s Republic of China share a common border, and the two peoples have been dealing with each other through fraternal sentiment for long. Friendly relations between the two neighbours are very fruitful. (more…)