Afghan, Myanmar women win Magsaysay award

Jul 26, 2013 | News / Article

Agence France-Presse Afghanistan’s first and only female provincial governor and an aid worker from Myanmar’s Kachin minority are among the winners of this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay awards, the award foundation said Wednesday. The...

Taking the pulse on Burmese repatriation

Jul 26, 2013 | Refugee

BANGKOK, 25 July 2013 (IRIN) – A recent pilot survey of thousands of Burmese refugees in Thailand could play a key role in gauging possible large-scale repatriation. “The whole idea is to get a sense of refugee sentiment about their future beyond living in the...

Remembering Martyrs’ Day and Mon resistance

Jul 24, 2013 | News / Article

Burmese both across the country and abroad celebrated the Martyrs’ Day on July 19. The anniversary marks one of the most important days in Burma’s history. Sixty-six years ago the country’s father of independence Gen. Aung San was assassinated along with his eight...

Peace For A Price

Jul 24, 2013 | Refugee

July 23, 2013: The first ever holiday (Moslem holy month of Ramadan) truce in the Moslem south seems to be holding. But it’s often hard to tell because so much of the violence in the south turns out to be personal disputes or gangster related conflicts, not Islamic...

EU urges Myanmar to resolve Rohingya minority issue

Jul 23, 2013 | Refugee

KUNA BRUSSELS – The EU Foreign Affairs Council, Monday, welcomed and endorsed a “Comprehensive Framework” consisting of priorities for the European Union’s policy and support in the next three years to Myanmar/Burma.”This Framework sets...