Burma: the first verdict after religious violence Meiktila
Posted by: rsa76
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-04-15 01:49:18 -0700 | odd-news
Three Burmese Muslims, accused of causing a fight behind religious violence that killed 43 victims in March, were sentenced to 14 years in prison, said Friday the official press. Three, the owner of a shop, his wife and an employee,...
Burma mosque fire kills 13 children
Posted by: imdad ali
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-04-05 11:18:20 -0700 | odd-news
Thirteen children died in a fire in an orphanage that operates from a mosque in Yangon, Myanmar's main city. Police quickly put the fire to an electrical fault in the midst of tensions by communal violence between Muslims and Buddhists....
Myanmar: Object kill 10 Muslims were arrested.
Posted by: lethibichlan
Lashio :: Myanmar | updated 2012-07-27 14:35:07 -0700 | odd-news
Myanmar state media on 2/7 coverage, the country's authorities have arrested 30 suspects involved in the killing of 10 Muslim-Bengali Muslims in the western state of Rakhine, which triggered for the deadly violence in the state. The death toll in...
The Burmese government will continue a monk illegally entered a monastery
Posted by: Nazish Fatima
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-04-19 06:36:49 -0700 | odd-news
The famous Burmese monk Shin Gambira, a leader of the "saffron revolt" of 2007 which was recently granted amnesty, will be deemed to be forcibly entered the monasteries closed by the authorities, reports, Sunday, Feb. 19, the official daily News...
Obama offers new start in relations with Myanmar
Posted by: kingston23
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-04-17 09:16:48 -0700 | odd-news
President Barack Obama has offered Myanmar a new era in relations between countries, if reforms are carried out, and promised democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, her everlasting support in a letter hand-delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on...
Burma: Suu Kyi cautiously welcomed government reforms
Posted by: karasiwo
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-07-27 17:56:59 -0700 | odd-news
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave a cautious welcome to government actions oriented reforms, the first anniversary since her house arrest was lifted. Suu Kyi said her meetings with the Minister of Labour and the President as examples...
Over 100 dead in floods in Myanmar
Posted by: dewegy
Magway :: Myanmar | updated 2012-07-27 23:30:35 -0700 | odd-news
Over one hundred people were killed in flash floods after heavy storms that hit the center of Burma Thursday, announced Sunday a Burmese official told AFP. "So far, 35 bodies were found over 106 missing. The other 71 are considered...
Burma recognizes the right to strike
Posted by: rawaha
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-04-13 11:46:54 -0700 | odd-news
Burmese officials confirmed that the president, Thein Sein, signed a law that allows workers to strike for the first time since the early sixties.The new law overturns a law that imposed a de facto ban on unions in Burma.The authorities...
Burmese government released more than 150 political prisoners
Posted by: kingston23
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-04-17 09:24:58 -0700 | odd-news
New Burmese authorities, backed by the army, freed over 150 political prisoners under the amnesty announced that will benefit 6,300 detainees.those released are Shin Gambira, a monk who led street demonstrations repressed by the previous military government in 2007 and...
Suu Kyi, skeptical about reforms in Burma
Posted by: rawaha
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-04-13 11:49:49 -0700 | odd-news
The Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi made clear he still is not convinced that the new government of Burma is serious about implementing reforms, six months after the official end of military rule.In an interview with the BBC,...
Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates her father, independence hero
Posted by: rsa76
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-03-11 21:24:07 -0700 | odd-news
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Tuesday paid tribute to her father Aung San, the hero of independence, at a ceremony held under tight security by the regime to the "Martyrs Day" in Rangoon.This is the first time in...
Burma: the fans moved around Aung San Suu Kyi in the provinces
Posted by: lalag
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-01-30 11:37:10 -0800 | odd-news
Burmese moved spontaneously came together Wednesday in Bagan (center) around the democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during his first outing in Rangoon since her release, a private trip that takes still looks like a popularity test.A crowd of 150...
Burma: a former movie star has a funeral for the poor
Posted by: lalag
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-01-30 01:43:37 -0800 | odd-news
When Pyae Phyo Tun drowned at the age of 12, his parents could not afford to pay his funeral. So they turned to a former movie star of Burma, converted in the organization of funerals for the poor."You are our...
Who is behind the bombings in Burma?
Posted by: rsa76
Mandalay :: Myanmar | updated 2012-03-11 21:25:56 -0700 | odd-news
Four bombs exploded today in three cities of Burma, including the capital, Naypyidaw. While amateur photos are beginning to emerge on social networks, Internet Burmese wonder about the origin of these attacks, four months after parliamentary elections that led to...
Political Prisoners Begin Hunger Strike in Burma
Posted by: karasiwo
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2012-07-28 00:15:02 -0700 | odd-news
A group of Burmese political prisoners began a hunger strike to demand better living conditions.Burmese lawyer told that 22 political prisoners began a protest Saturday in Insein Prison in Rangoon.The authorities have already taken measures against the prisoners, placing some...
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