Hundreds of military tanks equipped with rocket launching systems developed by China have been offloaded at a Rangoon port owned by a crony of the Burmese junta, eye-witnesses claim. (more…)

Geneva — Myanmar’s newly-released democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that genuine democratic institutions in the country could not exist without respect for human rights. (more…)

Bangkok — As the United States searches for new ways to nudge Myanmar toward democratic change, it may find an unexpected ally in China, according to secret diplomatic cables. (more…)

Fears of bomb plan as witnesses tell US embassy that North Koreans are involved with underground facility in jungle. (more…)

No matter how carefully they tread on the issue of reviving the Union spirit among different ethnic communities, Aung San Suu Kyi and non-violent ethnic minority leaders – not to mention the armed ethnic resistance organisations – are heading for an inevitable collision course with Burma’s military junta. Here is why. (more…)

Chiang Mai/New York—A transition in Burma should entail a genuine effort to end impunity for human rights violations, including an international commission of inquiry into allegations of these crimes, said the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) on the 62nd anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (more…)

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi calmed fears that she was on course for a possible confrontation with Burma’s military government regarding what she described as “an ethnic conference in conformity with the 21st Century.” (more…)

Myanmar Foreign Minister U Nyan Win met with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific of the United States Joseph Y. Yun in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday, Myanmar’s state radio and television reported. (more…)

Representatives of two ethnic armed groups traveled to Loi Tai Leng, headquarters of the Shan State Army-South (SSA-South), this week to meet with its leader for discussions aimed at expanding a new alliance of ethnic armies opposed to Burma’s ruling regime, according to a source close to the SSA-South. (more…)

Chiang Mai – Thai authorities near the border town of Mae Sot early on Tuesday and Wednesday strongly encouraged and in some cases forced hundreds of refugees back into Burma. The practice came despite calls from rights groups that those displaced by clashes between Burmese Army and Karen troops be allowed to stay until the fighting ends, aid workers and researchers working along the Thai-Burmese border said. (more…)

Burma is the world’s fourth-highest jailer of media workers, according to figures released by a New York-based press safety watchdog. (more…)

Kraisak Choonhavan MPKraisak Choonhavan MP and the deputy leader of Thailand’s ruling Democratic Party has appealed to stop pressuring Burmese refugees into returning home until and unless it has been confirmed by all fighting parties that the fighting has ended. (more…)

Talking about Myanmar’s political affairs, national consolidation cannot be left behind. Reviewing Myanmar’s political landscape, struggles for building national consolidation, incitements to disintegration of national consolidation, conflicts caused by the breakup of national unity, and instability and delay of progress caused by the conflicts have taken a lot of pages in history. (more…)

Refugees continue to move back and forth across Burma’s border with Thailand as fighting in Karen state shows no sign of abating. Thai authorities have been criticised for treating those who fled like ‘ping pong balls’, refusing them sanctuary and forcing their return. But although it’s a complex situation, says Burma researcher at Human Rights Watch, David Mathieson, the refugees must be given a safe haven. (more…)

Forced labour, religious discrimination and acute poverty continue to cause intense suffering in Chin State, western Burma, according to testimonial evidence received by a delegation led by Baroness Cox, Chief Executive of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART), which returned last week from the India-Burma border. (more…)

New Delhi – National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday urged three independent candidates who failed to win seats in national elections on November 7 to collaborate with the NLD in its social work. (more…)

Yangon, Myanmar — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday took part in public religious services for the first time since her release from house arrest. (more…)

Yangon, Myanmar — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday took part in public religious services for the first time since her release from house arrest. (more…)

A leaked 2009 cable from the US embassy in Kiev says that Washington successfully petitioned the Ukrainian government to stop selling arms to the Burmese military. (more…)

Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi wants India to play a “more active” role in democratisation of her country and to “engage more” with her opposition party. (more…)