Oct 7, 2013 | News / Article
South Asia Revealed New Zealand has reaffirmed to continue providing aid to Myanmar’s democratization process, official media reported Saturday. It was pledged by visiting Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand David Carter when he called on Myanmar...
Oct 7, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui The House Foreign Affairs/Asia Sub-committee of the U.S. Congress recently held a hearing to examine the current political environment inside Burma (Myanmar), the growing human right abuses among its ethnic groups, and assess U.S. policy towards...
Oct 7, 2013 | News / Article
By PANGMU SHAYI When the delegation of Elders, a group formed of former world leaders and Nobel Peace laureates, led by former US President Jimmy Carter visited Myanmar [Burma] for three days in September, Kachins had high expectations of making their voices heard, as...
Oct 7, 2013 | News / Article
Associated Press THANDWE, Myanmar – Even as the president came to western Myanmar to urge an end to sectarian violence, security forces could not prevent Buddhist mobs from torching the homes of minority Muslims or hacking them to death, at times, unwittingly, even...
Oct 7, 2013 | News / Article
AFP The police have arrested 44 people in connection with the deadly anti-Muslim violence in western Myanmar, the state media said on Sunday, after the latest violence erupted during a presidential tour of the strife-torn region. Days of tensions in the town of...
