In the past five days, at least 13 people have been killed and seven injured in Kyauktaw, in Burma’s western Rakhine State. (more…)

Karen leaders have warned of renewed war in Burma’s border regions unless the government begins to pursue politically meaningful negotiations with ethnic groups, during their 62nd annual Martyrs’ Day celebrations in Kawthoolei on Sunday. (more…)

Information Minister Kyaw Hsan has been forced to postpone the formation of Burma’s new interim press council after being deluged with criticism from media organisations and journalists, according to the Myanmar Journalists Association (MJA). (more…)

Burmese President Thein Sein says his government will open schools to improve the education of minority Rohingya Muslims who accuse the majority Buddhist state of persecuting them. (more…)

Chairman of Union-level Peace-making Working Committee Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addressed meeting (1/2012) of the committee at Thabin Hall of the Presidential Palace here at 2 pm today. (more…)

In country where only 25% of people have access to electricity, newly emboldened citizens are starting to vent their frustration over shortages. (more…)

Myanmar has massive potential to become a major production base for Thai companies when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is established in 2015, starting with light industries. (more…)

Rangoon – The Policy Research Institute of Japan and Central Bank of Myanmar will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday to create a Myanmar Securities and Exchange Law, said an official of the Central Bank of Myanmar. (more…)

A few weeks ago, a picture showing hundreds of dark-skinned men splayed across a beach was passed around on Facebook. The men appeared to be either asleep, or more likely, dead. They lay against each other, their faces averted from the camera, while men in fatigues holding semi-automatic weapons towered over them. The caption read: “Continuity of massacre of Muslims of Burma by Buddhists. More than 1,000 killed yesterday. Please share.” (more…)

Sittwe, Myanmar – Monsoon rains have done little to dampen heated ethnic tensions in Myanmar’s northwestern Rakhine state, where dozens have died in tit-for-tat attacks over the past two months. (more…)

Burma has ambitions to try to regain its onetime stature as the world’s rice bowl when the country was by far the biggest exporter of the grain. (more…)