Myanmar's 'Secret Tunnels' Revealed

Myanmar's 'secret tunnels' were revealed on a Norwigan television station run by Burmese exiles.  The group, Democratic Voice of Burma, claims that hundreds of underground facilities are being built.It is...

Aung San Suu Kyi 64th Birthday Marked by Protests Worldwide

On the day of Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday, supporters are protesting around the world against her continued detainment by the Myanmar government. Aung San Suu Kyi turned 64 on Friday, while facing new charges...

Ler Per Her refugee camp attacked by Burmese Army

In the mountainous jungles of the Karen State in eastern Burma, a small village of fragile bamboo huts sits poised on the idyllic banks of the Moei river at the border with Thailand. But the reality is far from...

We are with you, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar for the last couple of decades was blended with trauma under the bloody realm of Military Juntas which makes headline every other day. Rangoon, despite being a member of United Nations plainly nullifies  the international principles on human rights and carries out...

Burma Sanctions Revisited

Many years ago I did a stint for Food not Bombs in San Francisco, while there I met a student activist from the Free Burma group.  She was a cool gal.  We were riding the bus back from taking the food...

Burma Regime Says Aung San Suu Kyi Incident Was Staged

Burma's government said the incident that led to the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi was staged by 'anti-government elements'. The foreign minister stated that a visit to Suu Kyi by a US national was a stunt designed to embarrass the government. Witnesses are continuing to...

Aung San Suu Kyi Faces New Charges in Myanmar Over House Arrest

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning democracy activist and Prime Minister-elect in Myanmar, now faces new charges of violating her house arrest, despite being scheduled to be freed on May 27, 2009. Suu...

Aung San Suu Kyi Framed

According to the *taxi driver who picked John William Yettaw up at the airport on May 2nd “John did not swim to Aung San Suu Kyi’s home”,  John was dropped off at the gate of Suu Kyi’s home. Then the cabbie witnessed as John showed the guards a red document then was...

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi on trial

Junta seems to have have forgot the power of listining, whole world is crying that Suu Kyi is innocent and the latest charge is not genuine to put her behind the bars, but Junta started the trial and trying to extend the detention period for another one year.Next year Junta...

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi held in Insein jail

Burma's pro-democracy leader and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been detained at Insein prison in Rangoon and has been charged under section 22 of the State Protection...

Burma's Suu Kyi 'to face trial', shifted to prison

Junta is not not ready to show any mercy on pro-democracy leader  Aung San Su Kyi but leaves no opportunity to punish her.  Latest incident of Junta's harsh action is all about an US man visit and charges of...

One year after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar: struggle remains

It has been one year since Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, where about 140,000 people died, thousands of structures were destroyed, and peoples' lives were changed forever. One year later and people are still...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'in poor health'

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Sui Kyi is reported to be in poor health.  She has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 for agitating for a return to democratic government.  The party that she...

Myanmar junta rejects appeal for Suu Kyi release

Global effort to pressure Junta so the Free Democracy Leader of Mayanmar could be released paid no dividend. Strange it seems that how world leaders who wage war and impose sanction cannot do this.Several plea of UN fell in deaf ears of Junta."Myanmar's junta has rejected an...

Popular snack in Myanmar tainted with chemical dye

Myanmar's Health Ministry has banned food products that have been found to have Auramine O which is a chemical used to "dye cotton, wool, silk and leather." The Ministry says that when foods containing Auramine O are consumed for a long period of time, it "could be harmful to...

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