Sep 19, 2013 | News / Article
By NEHGINPAO KIPGEN Today (September 18) marks the 25th anniversary of the last military takeover in Myanmar in 1988. That was the third major military intervention in the country’s political history since its independence. At that time, the country was still...
Sep 19, 2013 | News / Article
By Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) – Myanmar needs to change its constitution as fast as possible to put the country firmly on the path to democracy, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the country’s democratic opposition Aung San Suu Kyi said on...
Sep 17, 2013 | News / Article
By SAN YAMING AUNG / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON—A group of 170 Burmese migrant workers returned from Malaysia on Friday with the help of a Buddhist monk, who funded their flight home. Naypyidaw is cooperating with the Kuala Lumpur government during an ongoing crackdown on...
Sep 17, 2013 | News / Article
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The first Burmese Muslim mosque built worldwide in more than three decades is going up in Fort Wayne. The Mosque and Learning Center being erected on the city’s south side is owned by the Burmese Muslim Education and Community...
Sep 17, 2013 | News / Article
By Zin Linn A peacemaking meeting was held between the United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) and a government peacemaking team led by President’s Office Minister U Aung Min on 8 September in Chiang Mai, Thailand. U Aung Min’s true intention was selling the...
Sep 17, 2013 | News / Article
Author: Thin Lei Win MAHACHAI, Thailand (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was 6:30 in the morning. School wouldn’t be starting for another two-and-a-half hours. Yet there I was, on the back of a pick-up truck as it bounced along bumpy roads. Despite the early hour,...
