Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
BY KHIN MAUNG WIN Buddhist mobs have been attacking Muslims in the Asian nation THANDWE, Myanmar (AP) — Terrified Muslim families hid in forests in western Myanmar on Wednesday, one day after fleeing a new round of deadly sectarian violence that erupted even as the...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
BERNAMA PADANG BESAR, Oct 3 — The General Operations Force and police detained 21 illegal immigrants during a border patrol at 8.30 am here today. The Perlis Immigration Department deputy director Hazmi Sulaiman said they were all men, between 15 and 42, and comprised...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY After more than two decades relying mainly on donors to fund its reporting and broadcasting, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a leading Burmese news outlet, has announced that it will turn to a commercial business model as donor...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDY Desperate behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts by the government in Naypidaw to resolve the continuing migrant labour mess with Thailand “highlights the truly critical issue of the lack of employment opportunities in Burma,” a noted...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By KYAW HSU MON / THE IRRAWADDY The Burmese-language newspaper, People Power, aims to hit the newsstands around 4 pm daily, as soon as it receives a license from the government’s press registration board, expected this week or next week. “We have applied for a...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By Zin Linn Burma/Myanmar government armed forces have been maneuvering strategic warfare against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) this time seems to be a crucial military operation of seizing more...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — Rice rations for many of the more than 120,000 Burmese refugees living on the Thai-Burma border will be reduced, due to a reduction in funding for a humanitarian organization that has provided food for them for more than two...
Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY Diplomats and scholars say neighboring India has much to offer Burma as it transitions away from authoritarian rule, with the world’s largest democracy also no stranger to the kind of ethnic conflicts that have for decades troubled the...
Oct 4, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
BBC Asia At least five Muslims were killed by Buddhist mobs in the Burmese state of Rakhine on Tuesday, police say. The bodies of four men were found near the town of Thandwe. Earlier a 94-year-old woman was confirmed killed. Reports say terrified Muslims are hiding...
Oct 2, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By KHIN MAUNG WINAssociated Press THANDWE, Myanmar (AP) – Terrified Muslim families hid in forests in western Myanmar on Wednesday, one day after rampaging Buddhist mobs killed a 94-year-old woman and burned dozens of homes despite the first trip to the volatile...
