Bago, Myanmar — Myanmar’s leading dissident, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, raised her political profile on Sunday, traveling to the countryside to greet supporters and comfort victims of flooding. (more…)

Riots 44 years ago in western Burma that ended with the massacre of more than 200 people by the military were remembered at the weekend in the country’s main city, Rangoon, and towns in Irrawaddy division and Arakan state. (more…)

Following a surprise attack on soldiers by Shan State Army on 11 August, the Burma Army saturated a village near by with mortar shells, wounding at least 13 people including 3 women and 3 children, according to sources from Mongyai township, Shan State North. (more…)

Chiang Mai – A unit of the Burmese Navy has confiscated 1,000 acres of land in Yebyu Township to be used as a military training field and for the contruction of military barracks and hostels, according to a report delivered by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM). (more…)

Yangon – Myanmar cut export taxes on certain goods for the second time in as many months to help exporters who have been hurt by the appreciation in the local currency, the kyat . (more…)

Washington — The United States welcomed Monday a move by the military-backed authorities in Myanmar to allow democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to travel and speak to her supporters inside the country. (more…)

Washington — The U.S. says it is working to build support among its allies for an international commission to investigate allegations of war crimes in Myanmar. (more…)

The second meeting in two weeks between Burmese government minister Aung Kyi and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi provides reason for cautious optimism that Burma will see some meaningful progress in the future. But based on past experience, all stakeholders must remain wary and maintain pressure on the government. (more…)

The spectre of ‘refoulement’ is the proverbial nightmare for a refugee, whom having tasted sanctuary is pushed back into the jaws of fate, from where they fled. It is also the stumbling block for a controversial refugee deal facing Australia’s labour government. (more…)

It was noteworthy, the Chairman of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), Lanyaw Zawng Hra sent an official letter dated May 16 to Hu Jintao, the President of the People’s Republic of China urging China to stop the controversial Myitsone dam construction on Irrawaddy River in Kachin State of Burma, Kachin News Group (KNG) said on 23 May, 2011. (more…)

Gopalapuram Parthasarathy was India’s ambassador to Burma from 1992 to 1995, the period when New Delhi’s policy towards Burma took a dramatic u-turn and it began developing close ties with the military regime. Parthasarathy has also served his country as ambassador to Pakistan, a diplomat in Washington and Moscow and as foreign affairs spokesperson. Now a well known author, he speaks to DVB about where India now stands with Naypyidaw, historic shifts in relations, and how India is steeling itself against the rise of China. (more…)

Tens of thousands of illegal migrants are trafficked across borders in and through Thailand, especially from Burma, Laos and Cambodia. (more…)

Nay Pyi Taw – Union Minister for Labour and for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Aung Kyi and Daw  Aung San Suu Kyi held discussion from 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm at Seinle Kantha State House in Yangon. (more…)