Kuala Lumpur – Six Myanmar nationals were acquitted and discharged by the High Court here today for the murder of their countryman three years ago. (more…)

Rangoon – Burma has put in a bid to host the South-East Asian Games (SEA Games) of 2013 at the military’s new capital of Naypyitaw, media reports said Monday. (more…)

South Korea has suspended permits for Burmese migrant workers after Korean police discovered “illegal activity” being carried out by migrants, although it declined to say what these were. (more…)

New Delhi – Officers from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rescued 106 Burmese refugees yesterday from Malaysia’s Lang Geng Camp, according to refugees. (more…)

Up to one thousand detained migrants, mainly Burmese, in a Malaysian camp are on hunger strike and demanding access to the UN refugee agency amidst severe overcrowding. (more…)

Feb 9, 2010 (DVB)–Australia’s announcement yesterday that it will carry out joint military exercises with the Burmese navy has been met with condemnation by Australian activists. (more…)

Burma is likely to hold elections around September but they are shaping up to be a “farce” with democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi unable to run, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo said Friday. (more…)

The boats that once brought Rohingya to an uncertain fate on Thai shores have stopped sailing. But the poverty and the persecution that spurred their journeys continue, reports Shaikh Azizur Rahman. (more…)

Ethnic Kachins and Burmese protested today Burmese junta in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India.
Organized by the Kachin National Organization (KNO), over 50 activists, Burmese refugees and Buddhist monks assembled at the Jantar Mantar demanding that the Burmese junta stop abuses and oppression in Kachin State, immediately halt the Irrawaddy Myitsone dam project, and release Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)

New Delhi – Burmese Buddhist monks have been stopped from being a part of the renovation work of the U Thant’s memorial rest house in Lumbini, Nepal by the Burmese embassy in capital Kathmandu. (more…)

In a surprise gesture, the Chinese Embassy in Singapore reverted to anti-Irrawaddy-Myitsone dam project activists yesterday and informed them by email that it had forwarded their appeal letter demanding a halt to the construction in Burma’s Northern Kachin State, to relevant authorities in China. (more…)

The National League for Democracy-Liberated Area (NLD-LA) Malaysia is currently in the midst of a cross-country educational campaign targeted at Burmese migrant workers living in the country, regarding the upcoming 2010 Burmese elections and the 2008 constitutional referendum. (more…)

Seoul – US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is expected to press South Korea to speak up about human rights abuses in Myanmar when he meets top South Korean officials this week, an informed source here said Tuesday. (more…)

Los Angeles—A documentary film capturing clashes between antigovernment demonstrators and the junta in Myanmar in 2007 was nominated Tuesday as a contender for the 82nd Annual Academy Award for documentary feature, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science said. (more…)

Bangkok – Governments must act decisively to prevent the extinction of tigers in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region, where numbers have plunged more than 70 percent in 12 years, the WWF said Tuesday. (more…)

Rights violations by Burma’s junta has caused more damage than Cyclone Nargis, a Philippines senator and top member of the world’s leading body of parliamentarians said on Thursday. (more…)

Nay Pyi Taw – The opening ceremony of the 7th Senior Officials Meeting for Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) was held at Golden Palace Hotel in Bagan this morning. (more…)

Japan’s foreign minister has urged Burma’s military rulers to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, adding that aid could be stepped up if elections this year are free. (more…)

Washington — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada discussed how to influence the Burmese military junta to move toward democracy and to release Aung San Suu Kyi, the popular pro-democracy leader, from detention. (more…)

New Delhi – Cross-border movement of militants and cooperation in other security matters will figure in the three-day home secretary level talks beginning January 19 between India and Myanmar in Nay Pay Taw. (more…)