Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
By AYE AYE WIN, Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s government on Thursday disputed accusations that it failed to protect a top U.N. human rights envoy who said his vehicle was attacked by a 200-strong Buddhist mob during a visit to a city where...
Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
Saudi Gazette-Editorial THE best hotels in Rangoon, once Burma’s capital and still its commercial heart, are busy with businessmen from all over the world, anxious to secure of a slice of a resource rich-economy, which is coming in from the cold, after years of...
Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
BBC News-Asia The UN human rights envoy to Burma has accused the country’s government of failing to protect him when his convoy came under attack this week. Tomas Ojea Quintan said this happened during his visit to the central town of Meiktila, the scene of...
Aug 22, 2013 | News / Article
BANGKOK: Myanmar must address anti-Muslim propaganda and stamp out a culture of impunity for religious violence or risk “catastrophic” levels of conflict, a rights group warned Tuesday. Physicians for Human Rights described attacks on Muslims, that have...
Aug 19, 2013 | News / Article
This Week in History provides brief synopses of important historical events whose anniversaries fall this week. 25 years ago: Burmese military regime totters In response to the continuing mass demonstrations across the country, a civilian, Dr. U Maung Maung, was...
Aug 19, 2013 | News / Article
By MIN ZIN Well-known Burmese writer and poet Dagon Taya passed away at his home in the town of Aungban, Shan State, on Monday at 1 pm. He was 95 years old. Here is a story about Dagon Taya, known as one of Burma’s greatest literary figures, from the July 2000 issue...
