Pa-Oh youth activists are today launching a campaign to support community efforts to oppose the damaging impacts of Pinpet iron mine near Taunggyi in Shan State, the largest in Burma. (more…)

Yangon – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party warned Tuesday that next month’s elections would only “prolong the military dictatorship”, describing the rules as “totally unfair”. (more…)

Young members of disbanded National League for Democracy (NLD) distributed election boycott leaflets in Insein and Mingalardon Townships in Rangoon Division this morning, said local residents. (more…)

Yangon – With their bold outfits, sharp dance moves and hip hop rhythms, Myanmar’s “Tiger Girls” shatter the usual image of Burmese women and hint at social change in one the world’s most authoritarian states. (more…)

THE National Unity Party expects to fare “far better” on November 7 than in the 1990 election, when it won just 10 constituencies, a senior official told The Myanmar Times last week. (more…)

A fire on Monday did significant damage to the Sino-Burmese border market in Laiza, Kachin State, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), a major ceasefire group which has had a tense relationship with Burma’s military regime due to its refusal to join the junta’s border guard force (BGF). (more…)

Mae Sot: Foreign Ministry officials are expecting Burma to keep its border checkpoint opposite this Tak district closed until at least after its general elections on Nov 7. (more…)

Over 79 kilograms of heroin and 50 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, or “ice,” were seized on Oct. 24 by the Burmese anti-narcotics bureau in Tachilek Township on the Thai-Burmese border, according to local police. It was the largest drugs seizure in Burma this year. (more…)

Bangkok – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called for the release of all political prisoners prior to Myanmar’s November 7 election to make it more inclusive. (more…)

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the US government is offering aid to Myanmar after a deadly cyclone struck the western part of the southeast Asian country. (more…)

Berlin – Somalia is the most corrupt country in the world, followed by Afghanistan, Myanmar and Iraq, an international watchdog said Tuesday. (more…)

Bangkok — On the morning of Myanmar’s first election in 20 years, the woman who has come to symbolize the struggle for democracy in her country will rise at 4 a.m. to meditate. (more…)

For several years reports have been emerging from Burma about its nuclear ambitions, supported by claims of varying provenance about equipment purchases and overt attempts to buy nuclear technology from Russia. (more…)

Lack of freedoms of expression, assembly and association make the country’s electoral process “deeply flawed.” (more…)

Uncle Phyo: Hi Maung Deh Doe! I am expecting you. As you know the elections are drawing nearer and scores of remarks from various angles are appearing, we like ordinary people are getting confused. I have some questions concerning the elections. (more…)

As calls for Than Shwe to be indicted for war crimes gather momentum, DVB speaks to exiled Burmese lawyer, Aung Htoo, who heads the Burma Lawyers’ Council. He claims that China’s rise as an international player may indeed be detrimental to the ruling junta, as it works to maintain its dignity and ‘abstain’ if the issue reaches the UN Security Council. (more…)

Yangon, Myanmar — A cyclone that struck Myanmar’s western coast late last week killed at least 27 people, damaging thousands of buildings and displacing tens of thousands of people, state television reported Monday. (more…)

Yangon — At least 14 people were killed and about 100 more injured after a fire broke out at an oil pipeline in central Myanmar, a government official said Monday. (more…)

The Burmese junta tightened security around downtown Rangoon on Saturday amid reports that monks and activists planned to gather at the city’s famous Shwedagon Pagoda to protest next month’s election, according to local sources. (more…)

Rangoon – Three women are standing up to the junta – by taking part in an election they know they can’t win. (more…)