Mar 23, 2009 (DVB), The International Labour Organisation has confirmed that over 2000 acres of farmland confiscated by the army in Magwe division has been returned following meetings between the…
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Still no fresh water nearly a year after cyclone Nargis
Mar 23, 2009 (DVB), Villages in Irrawaddy division are still struggling for fresh water nearly a year after sources were inundated by seawater and debris, including human and animal corpses,…
Rise in teenage gambling as police ignore racketeers
Mar 23, 2009 (DVB), Parents of students studying in Magwe have pointed to the government's failure to punish gambling racketeers as being partly responsible for the rise in gambling addiction…
Mother of imprisoned comedian Zarganar dies
Mar 20, 2009 (DVB), The mother of renowned Burmese variety artist Zarganar, who was imprisoned for 35 years last November, died of cancer at her home in Rangoon today. Kyi…
Beware the Ides of March: Burma's culture of violence
Pascal Khoo-ThweMar 20, 2009 (DVB), Historically, March is the month of violence in Burma. Over the course of almost half a century, March has repeatedly stood out as a bloody…
Beware the Ides of March: Burma's culture of violence
Pascal Khoo-ThweMar 20, 2009 (DVB), Historically, March is the month of violence in Burma. Over the course of almost half a century, March has repeatedly stood out as a bloody…