Retreating Burmese troops still pose a danger to Kachin refugees keen to return home as conditions in border camps worsen
Day: February 2, 2012
Mandalay threatens beggars with arrest
Crackdown expected on beggars as authorities prepare to clean up image of Burma’s second city prior to influx of tourists
Deceiving the US over North Korean ties
Thein Sein’s denial of a nuclear relationship with North Korea is evasive, and done merely to appease the US. It’s highly likely that Pyongyang continues to supply its ally with…
Rangoon ceremony for freed monks blocked
State-backed monastic body says ceremony to reordinate monks released in Janaury amnesty has a ‘political agenda’