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Yangon, Myanmar — Myanmar’s highest court declined Friday to hear a case filed by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi seeking to overturn the government’s dissolution of her political party. (more…)

THE face is that of a nine-year-old boy but his eyes reflect the burden of following his father through the Burmese jungle with an assault rifle. (more…)

Domestic and foreign news outlets are yet to receive any response on whether they can attend the first session of parliament next week where strict rules block possession of all electronic equipment in the building. (more…)

TRAFFIC police have attributed the large number of fatal accidents on the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw highway to motorists’ lack of experience driving at high speed, and say they are taking steps to make the road safer. (more…)

One in ten Burmese townships is affected by landmines says a new report. (more…)

Chiang Mai – Win Tin, the co-founder of the National League for Democracy, says he and his colleagues are “deeply concerned” by the potentially devastating impact of the 152-meter high Myitsone Dam now under construction on the upper Irrawaddy River in northern Kachin State. (more…)

Nay Pyi Taw – The State Peace and Development Council enacted the Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law under Law No. 8/2011 dated 8th Waning of Pyatho, 1372 ME, 27 January, 2011. (more…)

Preventable infectious diseases and a raft of other health concerns are spilling over Burma’s border into neighbouring countries, causing a headache for regional health systems and a tragedy for its citizens. (more…)

Welcome to Burma, the most frontier of the frontier markets. (more…)

Yangon/Bangkok – Military-ruled Myanmar is to convene its first parliament session in two decades on Monday, tasked with ushering in a new era of military-led parliamentary rule. (more…)

Despite the NLD having no presence in the Parliament and being effectively excluded from the political process, the Burmese junta never miss a chance to attack the movement led by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)

New Delhi – The Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), which suffered funding cut recently, says it will eliminate some morning radio programmes. (more…)