YANGON—Myanmar appointed a naval chief, considered by some residents as a political moderate, to be one of the country’s two vice presidents, after a former pick made in July was apparently disqualified. (more…)

Institutes of Technology will reopen in Burma’s two biggest cities of Rangoon and Mandalay after being closed by the junta government 24 years ago. (more…)

Massive flooding caused by ongoing heavy rain this week has forced thousands of people living in Irrawaddy Division and Karen State to flee their homes. (more…)

Rangoon – A dispute between the Burmese government’s Constitutional Tribunal and Lower House MPs has led Speaker Shwe Mann to say on Tuesday he will ask for the resignation of the tribunal’s chairperson and members. (more…)

For the first time in its history the Karen Youth Organization held a seminar in a Burma  government controlled area, in Noh Poe village in Myawaddy Township on Saturday, August 11. Organisers credited the recent ceasefire agreements between Karen National Union and the Burma government for creating a safe environment for the seminar to go ahead. (more…)

With the help of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Daiwa Group, Burma is preparing to establish its first stock exchange—a move that will enable it to compete more effectively when the Asean Economic Community becomes a reality in 2015. (more…)

BANGKOK — U.S. film studio 20th Century Fox has announced its first official release in Burma since it withdrew from the country in the 1960s. Fox is one of the most recent American companies to re-engage with Burma after sanctions were loosened. What does it all mean for Burma’s cinema-goers and its local film industry? (more…)

Burmese authorities are warning that the country’s amphetamine problem is “very dangerous” now, after seizing more than 1.4 million amphetamine pills and 116 kilos of heroin in July. (more…)

The top Shan army leader says now is a “golden opportunity” for a top commander of the United Wa State Army who is wanted by the US on drug changes to cooperate in Nawpyitaw’s drug elimination policy. (more…)

The recent mission of the Turkish Foreign Minister and senior officials of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to Myanmar’s state of Rakhine – which recently experienced deadly ethnic clashes that displaced thousands of people – was welcomed today by the top United Nations envoy to the Southeast Asian country. (more…)

Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr says Australia will provide $5 million aid to help prevent the deaths of mothers and children in Burma. (more…)

On July 11, 2012, the US government opened the door for American companies to invest in Burma for the first time in 15 years. This move came despite the absence of effective or functional systems to ensure that new investment — even from those intent on doing business responsibly — will not exacerbate rights abuses in ethnic minority states or undermine prospects for democratic transformation. (more…)

BANGALORE — The weekend before last, black-clad Burmese journalists took to the streets of main city Rangoon to rail against the suspension of two local newspapers by the country’s censorship board. (more…)

The Secretary of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission and two members of the Commission visited Myitkyina and Waingmaw of the Kachin State from 23 to 27 July 2012 and carried out the following tasks of the Commission: (more…)