Despite being disbanded for failing to register for this year’s upcoming election, the National League for Democracy (NLD) remains active, sending senior members to branch offices around Burma to discuss strategy. (more…)

While the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been in grave concern on Burma’s nuclear weapons program with North-Korea’s support, its neighboring country, China has been conspicuously silent about it, say Burma Army observers on the Sino-Burma border. (more…)

Thousands of migrant workers across Thailand have been arrested after Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered police to intensify a crackdown on illegal workers, although reports have emerged that even those holding work permits were rounded up. (more…)

Maungdaw: Burma’s Prime Minister U Thein Sein is scheduled to arrive in Maungdaw on the western Burma border today to survey flood affected areas, said an official on condition of anonymity. (more…)

Beijing—China North Industries Corp., a leading Chinese weapons manufacturer, signed a cooperation pact with the government of Myanmar to develop a copper mining project, the latest sign of growing commercial ties between the reclusive Southeast Asian nation and its giant neighbor. (more…)

In an article titled “The Worst of the Worst,” Foreign Policy magazine named junta chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe the world’s third worst dictator, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il  ranked No 1 and Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe No 2. (more…)

Washington — The United States said that elections planned in military-run Myanmar this year will “lack international legitimacy.” (more…)

New York – Czechs have dealt with the situation of political prisoners and human rights in Burma for many years, also in view of their own experience with human rights violation before 1989, Martin Palous told CTK during Tuesday’s event in New York aimed to highlight the situation in Burma. (more…)

Obama administration officials say the U.S. program is outdated and lacks resources to help refugees get on their feet. The recession hasn’t helped. Some changes have already been made. (more…)

A group of 31 Burmese men is still refusing food at the Darwin Detention Centre. (more…)

The documentary Orphans of Burma’s Cyclone was last night honoured with a prestigious One World Media Award at a ceremony in London. (more…)

ASEAN will hold its 43rd Foreign Ministers Meeting, as well as a series of related meetings of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) and Asean+3 foreign ministers, in Hanoi from July 19 to July 23. These meetings are routine, but this year’s sessions will provide a challenge for Asean. Its model of community building through consensus has come under pressure from other approaches. (more…)

Nay Pyi Taw – The Union Election Commission issued Directive No.2/2010 dated 21 June 2010. The informal translation of the directive is as follows:- (more…)

New Delhi – Leaders of the National League for Democracy are conducting a roadshow of states and divisions to meet grass-roots members, explain policies and listen to the challenges they are facing since the party was declared illegal and disbanded by the ruling military junta early last month after deciding against registering under “unjust” electoral laws, a senior leader said. (more…)

Denial of legal aid and detention without charge for the man arrested in connection to a series of grenade attacks in Rangoon in April is in violation of Burmese domestic law, his lawyer has said. (more…)

Is this photo a sneak preview of what civilian rule in Burma will look like? (more…)

Bangkok – A rights group in Thailand says a government crackdown on unregistered migrant workers, most of them from Burma, could encourage rights abuses. (more…)

Bangladesh is preparing for a lengthy legal battle at an international tribunal to establish its claim over territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal, as talks for an amicable settlement of maritime boundary disputes with India and Myanmar do not seem promising. (more…)

Banking online smart cards for the Myanmar Economic Bank (MEB) and soon-to-be-opened private banks are now available for the first time in Burma, according to the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM). (more…)

Will President Obama have any impact on this fall’s midterm elections? (more…)