Leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA)—Burma’s largest ethnic armed group—said on Sunday that they will not give up “an inch” of their land and called on Wa people to fight  against their common enemies. The statement comes amid strained tensions between the Burmese junta and minority groups near the Sino-Burmese border. (more…)

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) warned the Burmese Army to stop any movement in areas controlled by the KIA in Northern Shan State, after a recent offensive against the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) was launched by Burmese troops, said local military sources close to the KIA. (more…)

A charity set up by a prominent Burmese film star to provide free funerals for hard-up families yesterday held its 100,000th ceremony in Rangoon. (more…)

Chiang Mai – Social networking is coming to the farm. That’s the newest tactical tool for organizing farmers and developing a sense of community, say officials of  the National League for Democracy (NLD). (more…)

Yangon – A decades-old insurgency in Myanmar’s east could be curbed with the help of neighboring Thailand, an official in the military-run nation said in a state media report published Tuesday. (more…)

Salt prices have jumped due to unusual heavy rainfall during the summer season and the increase in buying by China in the hopes of staving off radiation from Japan’s nuclear power plant. (more…)

He has been called the man who toppled Mubarak, a description he says demeans what he sees as a wholly Egyptian uprising against authoritarian rule. Before that, he was the victim of a whispering campaign in which his work was alleged to be a US front for regime change in the guise of citizen uprisings. He calls those allegations “a joke” and reminds that he went to prison in the US for civil disobedience there. (more…)

Chiang Mai – Recently, Burmese political parties gave the EU delegation a letter, signed by 10 political parties, calling for an end to sanctions against Burma. (more…)