Aug 24, 2013 | News / Article
Forum 2000 Foundation The Burmese opposition leader, member of parliament and Chairperson of the National League for Democracy Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting the Czech Republic for the first time in history. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who spent almost 15 years...
Aug 24, 2013 | News / Article
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, was in Myanmar last week on a 10-day fact finding trip. It was his eighth official visit to the country that took him to Rakhine State, Chin...
Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
MENAFN (Menafn – STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE/ContentWorks via COMTEX) –U.S. Relations With Burma Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Fact Sheet August 13, 2013 U.S.-BURMA RELATIONS The United States supports a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Burma...
Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
By Saw Eh Na A move by the Burmese government to send teachers to Karen National Union controlled areas has created tensions with villagers. Saw Mu Htee, from the Karen Teacher Working Group (KTWG) who is visiting Karen schools in the Pa-an district spoke to Karen...
Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
Editorial – S.H.A.N After reading a recent piece, dated 16 August, written by Harn Yawnghwe, in DVB, titled: “Can President Thein Sein be trusted?” two crucial points raised, need to be emphasized. One is “engaging the Bama or Burman” and the other, the need to...
Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
By KNG At least two soldiers of the Burmese government-backed Kachin Border Guard Force (BGF) were killed during a two hour clash with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in the northern part of the state over the weekend. The fighting started after the BGF attacked...
