New Delhi – Young activists in Rangoon distributed posters, pamphlets and mailed letters on Thursday urging the government to immediately release all political prisoners in four townships in the Rangoon Region. (more…)

Refugees by the hundreds from Katsu Yang village located between Waingmaw Township and Laiza headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) have sought refuge in a Buddhist monastery in Waingmaw Township, said residents. (more…)

A prominent Burmese hip hop artist is set to join a splinter group of the opposition National Democratic Force founded by the party’s one-time leader, Thein Nyunt. (more…)

Mray Bon: Several villagers in the three villages hardest hit by Cyclone Giri in Arakan State have been facing starvation since the beginning of this month after they lost the opportunity to work at sea due to bad weather, according to many reports from the area. (more…)

Having fled their home country to escape oppression, what is to become of the thousands of Burmese refugees in Thailand? (more…)

Bangladesh has signed a deal with US energy giant ConocoPhillips to explore for gas in disputed waters off its coast despite local opposition and the risk of regional tension, an official said Thursday. (more…)

New Delhi – Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna will visit Burma on Monday, according to the Indian Embassy in Rangoon. A senior official from the embassy said that details of the visit were not yet known. (more…)

Brussels — A high-level European Union team is heading to Myanmar for exploratory talks with the country’s new authorities, a senior EU diplomat said Friday. (more…)

The US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) said that the US will continue working with its allies at the UN to seek the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Burma, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the US Mission to Geneva. (more…)

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be awarded the freedom of the city of Newcastle later. (more…)

Jakarta – The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus – AIPMC strongly condemns the decision by the Myanmar government to dispatch heavily armed troops into Kachin State and the concomitant outbreak of fighting, which brings an end to seventeen years of ceasefire between the government and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). (more…)