Three journalists and three other defendants facing charges under Burma’s Unlawful Associations Act were denied bail Friday at their second hearing in Hsipaw Township, Shan State, where the high-profile case…
Day: August 4, 2017
International aid to Karen IDP camp to end in 60 days
Although the cessation of international aid had been projected 18 months ago, the KNU has appealed for international groups to continue funding until peace prevails in the region.
Body count rises to six in latest northern Arakan violence
Suspected insurgents killed at least six members of a Buddhist ethnic minority in western Burma on Thursday, the government and regional sources said, amid spiralling violence in troubled Arakan State.
The Voice chief editor released on bail
Following more than two months’ detention, The Voice Daily’s chief editor Kyaw Min Swe was released on a 10 million kyats ($7,350) bail by a Rangoon court on Friday morning,…
China in talks to sell electricity to Burma amid warming ties
Energy-hungry Burma is in initial talks to buy electricity from China, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters, in the latest sign of warming ties with Beijing under leader…