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Burma's Internet Slows to a Stop
Today, February 02, 2010, 2 hours ago
Internet connections have slowed down recently across Burma with the country’s two providers, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPT) and Myanmar Teleport, telling users that the Interne…
Burmese Christians Walk by Faith, Amid Persecution
Today, February 02, 2010, 3 hours ago
Missionaries say many ethnic people in the Buddhist nation have come to Christ since that devastating cyclone, and it’s the children who are leading the way. Karen Orphans pour out their hearts, rais…
Cautious Welcome for Malaysian Refugee Card Scheme
Today, February 02, 2010, 4 hours ago
Burmese refugee groups in Malaysiaa have given a cautious welcome to the announcement of a plan by the Kuala Lumpur government to issue identity cards to refugees recognized by the UN.Malaysian Home A…
Myanmar Open to return to Asian Tour in April
Today, February 02, 2010, 5 hours ago
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Myanmar Open will return to this season’s Asian Tour schedule in April following a four-year absence, officials said Tuesday.
Tension to force more refugees into Thailand
Today, February 02, 2010, 5 hours ago
Bangkok (Mizzima) – With an offensive expected in northern Karen State this dry season and the possibility of renewed hostilities between the junta and ceasefire armies in Shan State, there is a possi…
Obama Proposes $36.5 Million To Support Democracy in Burma
Today, February 02, 2010, 8 hours ago
US President Barack Obama has earmarked $36.5 million in his 2011 budget to support democracy and humanitarian programs for Burma and along the Thai-Burma border.The money, earmarked under the US Admi…
Burma army frees boy after mother pleads through media
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
Sandar Win, who has terminal cancer, told the BBC’s Burmese Service and Radio Free Asia (RFA) her pleas for his return had previously been ignored. But following her emotional media interviews …
Jailed 88 Generation leaders refuse to compromise – Ba Kaung
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
Burma’s military authorities have recently tried unsuccessfully to pressure jailed members of the 88 Generation Students group into accepting the government’s election process in return fo…
Burmese junta comes down heavily on media before elections
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
That the Burmese military junta intends to continue to keep the media on the leash during the forthcoming general elections has become apparent with long sentences handed out to journalists, human rig…
‘I quit the army because I’m not proud’ – Min Lwin and AKT
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
“When it comes to the conflict between the soldiers and the public resulting from the implementation of the government’s policies, the public sees it as the action of our army, not as of t…
Thailand still detaining Rohingya men – Greg Torode
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
In an immigration centre in Bangkok, 83 Rohingya men still languish in detention in stateless limbo – a symbol of the many unanswered questions about Thailand’s treatment of the boatpeople.. .
Nine Burmese job seekers killed in Thailand – Saw Yan Naing
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
A Thai police official in Phop Phra, in western Thailand’s Tak Province, told The Irrawaddy on Monday that the nine victims were among a party of 12 Burmese job seekers traveling from Mae Sot la…
Japan to start Myanmar refugee interviews for resettlement
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
Bangkok – The Japanese government will begin interviewing Myanmar refugees in Thailand on Tuesday to grant status of residence in Japan under a U.N. third-country resettlement program.
Myanmar to privatize port terminals handling business
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
The Myanmar authorities will privatize some port terminals’ handling business, designating at least three port terminals in Yangon to be handed over to tender winning private enterprises for con…
Ethnic women expose opium fields in junta strongholds – Marwaan Macan-Markar
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
Bangkok – A report exposing the spreading opium fields in the north-eastern corner of the military-ruled Burma has brought to light an equally revealing story. It was produced by a team of ethnic wo…
France condemns Burma for incarcerating journalists – Mungpi
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
New Delhi – The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Burma’s military rulers for the harsh sentencing of a journalist to 13 years in prison and urged the regime to respect freedom and …
United Nations Rights Expert to visit Arakan
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
Dhaka: The United Nations’ rights expert on Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, will pay a visit to western Burma’s Arakan State during his five-day human rights mission to the military-ruled Burm…
Proposed dam to flood Burma, while powering China – Ryan Libre
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
MYITKYINA, Burma ” On the first morning of each New Year, hundreds of people come to pray on the banks of the Irrawaddy River in northern Burma.
Freedom but not free in Burma – Editorial
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
As speculation mounts over the date for elections planned in Burma later this year, many continue to wonder if there is any chance the balloting can be at all credible.
Consultation meeting on 2010 election in Burma and its implication in Northeast India
Today, February 02, 2010, 17 hours ago
Guwahati: Burma Centre Delhi and Journalists’ Forum Assam organized a “Consultation meeting on 2010 election in Burma and Its implication in North East India on 30 January 2010 at Guwahati Press C…
America suspects nuclear co-operation between Yangon and Pyongyang
Today, February 02, 2010, 18 hours ago
Washington – There are increased suspicions about the nuclear ambitions of the Burmese regime which according to an American think tank are building a reactor near Mandalay with the help of Nort…
Seven bodies of Burmese found in jungle by Thai police
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The bodies of seven Burmese migrants were found in Phop Phra district in Thailand’s Tak province in late January following a spate of mysterious killings, eyewitness said. The …
Tin – A Global Market Review
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago
http://www.reportli nker.com/ p0164499/ Tin—A-Global- Market-Review. html Tin has and is gaining favor in view of the increasing awareness about the harmful effects of exposure to lead. Tin is among the…
North Korea: America suspects nuclear co operation between Yangon and Pyongyang
Today, February 02, 2010, 22 hours ago
A report by the Institute for Science and International Security is not certain that former Burma wants to build an atomic bomb, but the presence in Myanmar of a North Korean company targeted by UN sa…
Inordinate delay in procuring import license
Today, February 02, 2010, 22 hours ago
Ruili (Mizzima) – Procuring import licenses is taking inordinately long for traders on the Sino-Burmese border, traders at the105-mile border trade zone on Muse highway said. Earlier, it took only t…
Why NMSP refuses to transform to BGF
Today, February 02, 2010, 22 hours ago
Mon National Day. But Mon people are prevented from preserving and promoting their literature, language and culture with adequate freedom, an official of ‘New Mon State Party’ (NMSP) Foreign Affai…
No Progress in KIO-Junta Border Guard Force Meeting
Yesterday, February 01, 2010, 10:58:52 PM
A meeting between Burmese Military Affairs Security Chief Lt-Gen Ye Myint and leaders of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Myitkyina, the Kachin capital, on Friday failed to achieve a brea…
Forced labour used in timber smuggling
Today, February 02, 2010, 22 hours ago | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (BNI)
A former village chairman in Maungdaw Township has been using local people as forced labour in an illegal timber production site with the help of Nasaka, said an educated Muslim youth from the area…
Six hundred Burmese families to settle in Arakan model villages
Today, February 02, 2010, 22 hours ago | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (BNI)
The Burmese junta plans to shift 600 Burmese Buddhist families from Burma proper to Buthidaung Township in Arakan to settle in model villages currently under construction, said a source close to the authorities. ..
France condemns Burma for incarcerating journalists
Today, February 02, 2010, 22 hours ago | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (Mungpi)
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Burma’s military rulers for the harsh sentencing of a journalist to 13 years in prison and urged the regime to respect freedom and fundamental rights of the people…
Years of corruption chafe Mon State rubber farmers
Today, February 02, 2010, 22 hours ago | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (Tawlawi)
Rubber plantation owners in Mon State claim that instances of corruption and extortion perpetuated bye Burmese government’s Department of Forestry, and several military battalions stationed throughout the rubber …
Electoral preparations dominating junta actions
Yesterday, February 01, 2010, 11:11:20 PM | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (Larry Jagan)
Although there is as yet no election date set, campaigning by supporters of the junta is in full swing. “The New Light of Myanmar is full of reports and photographs of government ministers …
Contentious Chin National Day to be celebrated
Yesterday, February 01, 2010, 11:08:02 PM | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (BNI)
The 62nd anniversary of the Chin National Day is being celebrated by the biggest Chin Christian group in Gangaw Township in Magwe division, western Burma…
Transparency needed to save Burma’s tiger population
Yesterday, February 01, 2010, 11:07:05 PM | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (Usa Pichai)
Conservationists worry that the lack of reliable information regarding the natural habitat of tigers in Burma could negatively impact attempts to double the world’s tiger population.. .
Poppy field in Chin State destroyed by Burmese police
Yesterday, February 01, 2010, 11:06:00 PM | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (BNI)
A poppy field in Chin State was destroyed by the Burmese police, in the first week of January. The poppy field was located 20 miles from Cikha sub-town in Tonzang township …
Junta forces people to construct Hakha-Gangaw road
Yesterday, February 01, 2010, 11:04:56 PM | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (BNI)
Over the last 40 days local people are being forced to construct the Haka – Gan Gaw motor road by junta authorities. Residents of Senthang hill tract of Hakha district are being forced by the Chin State …
Forced labour and extortion for fence building in Maungdaw, Arakan
Yesterday, February 01, 2010, 10:58:37 PM | bniwebmaster@ gmail.com (BNI)
Burma’s border security force – Nasaka of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, has been using forced labour and collecting money from local villagers since January 27 for erecting barbed wire fencing …
BBC News: Burma army frees boy after mother pleads through media
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
The army in Burma has released a 14-year-old boy it had forcibly recruited, after his mother appealed for his return on international media.Sandar Win, who has terminal cancer, told the BBC’s Burmese Service and Radio Free Asia (RFA) her pleas for his return had previously been ignored. But following her emotional media interviews two weeks ago,
Irrawaddy: Jailed 88 Generation leaders refuse to compromise – Ba Kaung
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
Burma’s military authorities have recently tried unsuccessfully to pressure jailed members of the 88 Generation Students group into accepting the government’s election process in return for their release, according to one of their colleagues.“I can confirm that an exchange took place between military authorities and 88 Generation Student leaders Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko
Kachin News Group: Burmese junta comes down heavily on media before elections
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
That the Burmese military junta intends to continue to keep the media on the leash during the forthcoming general elections has become apparent with long sentences handed out to journalists, human rights and media groups said.The elections are the fifth of the seven-step road map to so called democracy by the regime. Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai
Democratic Voice of Burma: ‘I quit the army because I’m not proud’ – Min Lwin and AKT
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
A Burmese junior officer has blamed government policy after deserting the army and fleeing to a location on the Thai-Burmese border.“When it comes to the conflict between the soldiers and the public resulting from the implementation of the government’s policies, the public sees it as the action of our army, not as of the government,”
Irrawaddy: Nine Burmese job seekers killed in Thailand – Saw Yan Naing
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
Nine Burmese job seekers were killed by unknown gunmen near the Thai-Burmese border town of Mae Sot, Thai police reported. A Thai police official in Phop Phra, in western Thailand’s Tak Province, told The Irrawaddy on Monday that the nine victims were among a party of 12 Burmese job seekers traveling from Mae Sot last
South China Morning Post: Thailand still detaining Rohingya men – Greg Torode
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
In an immigration centre in Bangkok, 83 Rohingya men still languish in detention in stateless limbo – a symbol of the many unanswered questions about Thailand’s treatment of the boatpeople in the year since their plight first emerged.Hundreds of their fellow Rohingya are dead or presumed so as a result of a controversial and secret
Jiji Press Ticker Service (Japan): Japan to start Myanmar refugee interviews for resettlement
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
Bangkok – The Japanese government will begin interviewing Myanmar refugees in Thailand on Tuesday to grant status of residence in Japan under a U.N. third-country resettlement program. The interviews of refugees living in Mae La Camp in Mae Sot, northern Thailand, will select 90 people to be admitted to Japan in three years from April. In December
Xinhua: Myanmar to privatize port terminals handling business
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
The Myanmar authorities will privatize some port terminals’ handling business, designating at least three port terminals in Yangon to be handed over to tender winning private enterprises for continued and effective operation, the local weekly Voice reported Monday.The three Yangon port terminals, operated by the government’s Transport Ministry before and now covered by the privatization
Inter Press Service: BURMA: Ethnic women expose opium fields in junta strongholds – Marwaan Macan-Markar
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
Bangkok – A report exposing the spreading opium fields in the north-eastern corner of the military-ruled Burma has brought to light an equally revealing story. It was produced by a team of ethnic women who risked their lives to document the heroin-filled world they inhabit.“One of the most damning points of this new report
Mizzima News: France condemns Burma for incarcerating journalists – Mungpi
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
New Delhi – The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Burma’s military rulers for the harsh sentencing of a journalist to 13 years in prison and urged the regime to respect freedom and fundamental rights of the people.“France condemns the sentencing of a Burmese journalist Ngwe Soe Lin to 13 years in prison after
Narinjara: United Nations Rights Expert to visit Arakan
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
Dhaka: The United Nations’ rights expert on Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, will pay a visit to western Burma’s Arakan State during his five-day human rights mission to the military-ruled Burma from 15 to 20 February.Quintana stated his plan to visit northern Arakan to assess the situation of the Muslim community during an interview with a
GlobalPost (US): Proposed dam to flood Burma, while powering China – Ryan Libre
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
MYITKYINA, Burma ” On the first morning of each New Year, hundreds of people come to pray on the banks of the Irrawaddy River in northern Burma.This year, they prayed that their villages, farms and churches would not be drowned. A large dam will flood an area the size of New York City and displace thousands
Voice of America: Freedom but not free in Burma – Editorial
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
As speculation mounts over the date for elections planned in Burma later this year, many continue to wonder if there is any chance the balloting can be at all credible.The timing has not been announced officially. Under the current military rule, there is no legislative branch in Burma. Parliamentarians elected in the 1990 election, the
Burma Centre Delhi: Consultation meeting on 2010 election in Burma and its implication in Northeast India
Today, February 02, 2010, 19 hours ago | editor, BurmaNet
Guwahati: Burma Centre Delhi and Journalists’ Forum Assam organized a “Consultation meeting on 2010 election in Burma and Its implication in North East India on 30 January 2010 at Guwahati Press Club, Assam. Mr. Sukumar Bagchi, editor of Songbad Lahari in his inaugural speech highlighted the historical ties of Burma and Northeast India and expressed
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