Myanmar army on border: BGB alert but not worried

Tribune Report ‘We are yet to get any indication from our troops deployed along the border. We are watchful, but not worried about it’ The Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) forces are remaining alert but are not concerned over reports that Myanmar has deployed...

India, Myanmar working out solution to boundary issue

The Sangai Express / Agencies New Delhi, September 21 2013 : India has close relations with Myanmar on several fronts in-cluding security, energy secu- rity and food security but both sides have “some remaining boundary issues” for which a solution is...

Myanmar peace rally to end ethnic conflicts

AFP YANGON — Activists praised Myanmar authorities Saturday for allowing a peace march through Yangon calling for an end to the nation’s civil conflicts, after several people were charged for rallying without permission last year. Around 300 people joined the...

Burma army official admits interrogation of Rev. Ram Mai

Written by Kachin News Group   Maj-Gen Tun Tun Naung, commander of Burma Army Northern Regional Military Command, conceded yesterday that government soldiers interrogated Rev. Ram Mai in early September, according to Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC). Rev. Ram Mai, a...

More Burma army troops sent to Pangwa

KNG News – Kachin News Group Over the last several weeks hundreds of Burma army troops have been deployed to the Pangwa area to reinforce pro-government border guard force (BGF) units, according to one former member of the militia that didn’t want their name...