Aug 4, 2013 | News / Article
Narinjara News Protesting against the Burmese government’s policy for providing housing facilities to suspected citizens has put many Arakanese community leaders under trial. Various courts in Arakan State of western Burma are listening the cases against the community...
Aug 4, 2013 | News / Article
BNI The new political entity “Union of Burma” came to life in 1948, due to the Panglong Agreement in 1947. So it is first, the Panglong Agreement, followed by 1948 Constitution. As all know, that successive military governments – Revolutionary Council, BSPP, SLORC,...
Aug 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
TamilNet “The United States will boost military ties with Burma later this month to encourage greater professionalism and more civilian oversight over the Southeast Asian country’s armed forces,” news portal The Irrawaddy said on Friday, citing the Myanmar Times. This...
Aug 4, 2013 | News / Article
By ZARNI MANN MANDALAY — As Burma shakes its decades-long isolation from the outside world and unleashes the forces of globalization and modernity, one artist says he fears for the resilience of the country’s traditional cultural mores. “Although our country is moving...
Aug 4, 2013 | News / Article
by Asya Pereltsvaig Thailand has been a major destination for migrants from the neighboring Burma (Myanmar) for decades. In the past, members of ethnic groups residing along the Thai-Burma border, such as the Karen, the Mon, and the Shan, often crossed the borders to...
