It’s a little know fact that Burma, a country that has sent hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing to  neighboring countries, has for years also been a transit point for North Koreans escaping from their repressive homeland. (more…)

SMILING and with a sparkle in her eyes, 66-year-old Daw Aung San Suu Kyi sprang up the steps to the auditorium at the Indian embassy in Yangon on the evening of September 5. (more…)

Bangkok – Kachin aid groups are running out of means to help more than 25,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the border between Myanmar and China. (more…)

It was 1997, and U Moe Kyaw, a U.K.-raised entrepreneur with a rasping London accent, was in demand. On busy nights he went table to table at restaurants to greet clients of his advertising firm, a joint venture with Bates Worldwide. Like his foreign visitors (whoknew him as Peter, the Cockney adman), he was convinced that isolated, military-run Burma (Myanmar) was finally open for business. (more…)

New Delhi –  In response to Burmese No. 1 Power Ministry Minister Zaw Min’s statement that the Myitsone Dam project will proceed as planned, activists say they will step up their protest campaigns against the hydropower project. (more…)

The free-to-air television market is set for a shakeup, with Shwe Than Lwin Media planning to launch Myanmar National TV, or mn tv, before the end of the year. (more…)

The United Nations says the use of synthetic illegal drugs such as ecstasy and methamphetamine has overtaken cocaine and heroin. (more…)

An influential U.S. senator says the United States should be prepared to adjust its policy on Burma sanctions if the government in that country continues its process of opening up. (more…)

Toronto — Myanmar’s revered pro-democracy leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is now also a movie protagonist after Luc Besson’s “The Lady” premiered at the Toronto film festival. (more…)

Geneva – Myanmar has released about 20,000 prisoners this year under an amnesty programme, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. (more…)

Chiang Mai – A leaked US diplomatic cable sent from the US embassy in Rangoon to the US State Department released on the Wikileaks website disclosed how some senior Burmese generals took bribes in the period of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). (more…)

The Burmese government, which includes a few civilian faces now, has been sending signals to the international community that it is preparing to introduce changes and move the country towards what many would like to see – democracy and reconciliation. (more…)

In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Ky says her campaign to free political prisoners ‘is not easy but worth doing.’ (more…)