Bomb scare puts spotlight on ‘Death Highway’ buses
Highway police and a bomb disposal team were called to inspect the bus, but no explosives were found.
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Burmese warned to avoid Bangkok danger zones
The Burmese embassy warns its nationals to avoid certain areas of the Thai capital that might be targets for further bombings.
Trader’s bomber sentenced to life in jail
Saw Myint Lwin has been convicted of planting and detonating a bomb at the Trader’s Hotel in Rangoon in October 2013.
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Burma apologises for Yunnan bombing
Burma has apologised to China for a 13 March incident in which one of its fighter jets dropped a bomb that killed five Chinese citizens and injured eight.
Naypyidaw ‘deeply saddened’ by Chinese border deaths
Burma has extended its commiserations to Beijing, but stopped short of accepting responsibility for the deaths of five Chinese citizens on the Kokang border.
Two injured in Hpakant bombing
A bomb explodes outside a hotel in Hpakant in Kachin State, injuring a father and his daughter on a moped.
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Taungoo bomber sentenced to death by hanging
Saw Htun Htun was found guilty of the murder of two persons in connection with the bombing of a guesthouse in Taungoo in 2013.
Two policemen wounded in Taunggyi bomb blast
Two police officers were injured when a series of bomb blasts rocked Shan State capital Taunggyi on Saturday evening.
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Government convoy hit by explosion
A convoy carrying Mandalay’s Chief Minister and other regional government officials was hit by a suspected IED on Friday evening.
Sound bomb found in Taungoo
A sound bomb found planted on the side of the road was disabled in the eastern Pegu division town of Taungoo on Christmas Day.
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Govt minister says Taungoo bomber did not confess under torture
KNU leaders visit the suspect charged with bombing a Taungoo guesthouse in which two people died, after he changed his statement to the police about his involvement in the attack.
Bomb blast kills three in Shan state
A bomb blast in northern Shan state’s Kunlong township on Tuesday left three people dead and two others injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Karen man charged in connection with Taungoo bombing
A police officer from Taungoo township in Pegu division has told DVB that a 34-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a bombing in the town last month. However, a KNU spokesman says he is innocent.
Namhkam festival cancelled in wake of bombings
An annual Buddhist festival has been cancelled in Namhkam for security reasons following three bomb blasts in the northern Shan state town which left one man dead and another injured.
Bombings were an attempt to deter foreign investment, says Burma’s police chief
The director-general of the Burmese police force says eight suspects are in custody following a spate of bombings which left three people dead and several injured.
Security beefed up in Rangoon following bombings
Security in townships across Rangoon has been stepped up following the recent spate of bomb attacks across the country.
One killed in Shan state bombing
Burma woke up this morning to news that yet another bomb blast had taken a life, this time in the northern Shan state town of Namhkam which lies close to the Chinese border.
Suu Kyi calls for ‘cool heads’ in wake of bombings
Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of parliament have spoken out following a string of bomb explosions in Rangoon and central Burma over the last few days.
One suspect detained after Rangoon hotel blast
One suspect has been detained in connection with the explosion that went off at Rangoon’s Traders Hotel just before midnight on Monday.
Bomb explodes in Rangoon’s Traders Hotel
Security is beefed up after a string of incidents involving bomb blasts and controlled detonations in various parts of Burma, the latest being an explosion in the popular Traders Hotel in central Rangoon.
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Bomb blast at Rangoon market injures two youngsters
Two teenagers were slightly injured when a bomb exploded at Rangoon’s Tharkayta township on Sunday afternoon, while another bomb blast jolted a bus station in Insein township the night before.
Two dead, 1 injured in Taungoo explosion
Two people were killed and one was injured when a bomb exploded on Friday in Taungoo Township in central Burma.
Police question two suspects in connection with explosion in Mandalay
Two individuals are being questioned by authorities for their possible connection with a bomb that exploded near an event where the Islamophobic monk Wirathu was speaking in Mandalay on Sunday
Monks protest Bodhgaya blasts
Hundreds of monks from all over Southeast Asia, Bangladesh and Nepal demonstrated in front of the United Nations building in Bangkok on Wednesday, against bomb blasts at the Mahabodhi Temple[…]
Bodhgaya blasts injure Burmese monk
A series of explosions at one of India’s oldest and most prestigious Buddhist temples in eastern India has left two monks injured. Nine blasts went off within half an hour[…]
Two arrested in Burma embassy bomb plot
Indonesian police say they have arrested two men who are suspected of planning an attack on the Burmese embassy in Jakarta.
China calls for ceasefire in Kachin state
A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry expressed ‘grave concern’ at the situation in Kachin state and called on parties involved in the conflict to realise a ceasefire soon. Speaking at[…]
World War II ordnance kills three
An accident at a smelter in Mandalay involving a mortar round from the second World War has killed three teenagers and injured two
More bombs found in Irrawaddy town
Residents speak of bewilderment after two more devices are found in Henzada following yesterday’s bombing at a local government office
