The UN has been allowed to deliver humanitarian aid to the Kachin rebel headquarters in northern Burma for the first time since December 2011, but a spokesperson warned that it…
Day: September 9, 2013
Burmese belle wins beauty prize in Belarus
Beauty contestant Khin Wint Wah wins the Miss Internet prize at the Miss Supranational pageant in Minsk on Saturday.
Govt requests bids for Kyaukphyu economic zone
The Burmese government announced on Sunday through state-run media that it will invite tender bids for a special economic zone development in Kyaukphyu, western Arakan state.
Comedians enjoy new-found freedom
There has been an explosion of artistic expression across Burma, and artists and comedians are using the country’s reform process as inspiration.
Chicken soup, but not for the soul
Nearly 20 Buddhist devotees who ate chicken and glass-noodle soup before fasting at a local monastery in Irrawaddy division were hospitalised with food poisoning on 4 September.