Campaigners in Burma are pushing to ban spitting in public, in a country where people chew and spit betel nuts, leaving red stains on buildings and public property.
Day: December 21, 2012

What’s the price for peace in Kachin?
While Burma’s quasi-civilian government has come up with yet another proposal to hold talks with the Kachin Independence Army, the Burmese army is trying to bring the recalcitrant Kachins to…

Assault on train leaves three injured in Kachin state
Three people were reportedly injured when the Mandalay-Myitkyina freight train was hit by a mine and struck with gunfire in Kachin state’s Mohnyin township this morning