Aug 4, 2013 | News / Article
by Nehginpao Kipgen After years of advocacy efforts, the Myanmar government is beginning to act on its 2008 constitution. The parliament, a legislative body which is responsible for constitutional amendment, formed a 109-member committee on July 25 to review the...
Aug 4, 2013 | News / Article
Hueiyen News Service/Imphal, Aug 1: Decrying the loss of large territory of Manipur to Myanmar as a result of the ongoing Indo-Myanmar border fencing, Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI), Manipur State Council Dr M Nara has cautioned that the State government...
Aug 3, 2013 | News / Article
Associated Press RALEIGH — A group of students from a Christian school in Raleigh is expanding its relationship with the Burmese refugees they’re trying to help assimilate to life in the U.S. Students and teachers from Neuse Christian Academy hosted members of...
Aug 3, 2013 | News / Article
U Pa Pa Lay had prostate cancer U Pa Pa Lay – the Burmese comedian twice jailed for criticising his country’s ruling junta – has died at the age of 67. The comic, part of the satirical Moustache Brothers trio, became a cause celebre for campaigners at Amnesty...
