Sep 11, 2013 | News / Article
By Reuters Staff A government-appointed body that oversees Myanmar’s Buddhist monkhood has issued a directive intended to check the influence of a monk-led movement accused of stoking violence against minority Muslims. At least 237 people have died in sectarian...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
BNI About 100 Kachin war refugees remain trapped in the isolated jungles of Putao District in Burma’s northernmost Kachin state, according to sources from a local church. The group – mainly women and children – have been in hiding since the middle of last...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
Liberalised private media accused of stoking ethnic fears By Nirmal Ghosh Indochina Bureau Chief In Bangkok NOT too long ago in the office of Myanmar’s media censor, a young military officer crumpled up a newspaper article by a noted Myanmar writer and, dropping...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
BNI The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) and Myanmar Journalists Association (MJA) signed a seven-point memorandum of understanding in Bangkok, Thailand on Sept. 4. The memorandum that will strengthen press relations between the two countries was drafted as part of...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
Xinhua Publish By Joseph A. Cambra Myanmar has set to add a new television channel named the National Races Channel, aimed at widening the scope of the people. Test broadcasting of the channel with eight nationalities languages is to be done in mid-October and the...
Sep 10, 2013 | News / Article
Reliefweb OVERVIEW A 11-truck humanitarian convoy led by the UN and other humanitarian partners delivered food, medicines, and other items to displaced communities living in the Woi Chyai Camp in Laiza town. Significantly, this is the first time that cross-line...
