Burmese Refugees Hesitant to Return to Myanmar: NGO

Jul 28, 2013 | News / Article

By webadmin A recent pilot survey of thousands of Burmese refugees in Thailand could play a key role in gauging possible large-scale repatriation. “The whole idea is to get a sense of refugee sentiment about their future beyond living in the camps,” Vivian Tan,...

Burma Army ‘mark’ KNU registered farmlands

Jul 28, 2013 | News / Article

Author: Naw Hser Kler (KIC) Villagers in Htantabin Township witnessed the Burma Army putting up placards claiming their land that was confiscated under the former military regime. Villagers said that the Burma Army put up the placards on the disputed land on July 20....

Risk and reward with Burma’s security sector

Jul 28, 2013 | News / Article

by Andrew Selth Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute. Part 1 of this post here. The initiatives for closer ties between the West and Burma’s police and armed forces summarised in the previous post have aroused the ire of the activist...

Myanmar committed to religious, racial nondiscrimination

Jul 28, 2013 | News / Article

Xinhua Myanmar on Saturday denied the existence of severe religious and racial discrimination in the country which saw a series of communal riots in the past year. The government stressed the need for all communities to preserve mutual respects, understanding,...

Burma and China to Build on Strategic Military Relations

Jul 26, 2013 | News / Article

By LIN THANT / THE IRRAWADDY Burma and China will likely enhance military ties, according to state media reports. Burma’s President Thein Sein met on Tuesday with Gen Fan Changlong, deputy chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC), at his residence in...