Yangon, Burma News

It is somewhat surreal to see people walking around the streets of Rangoon wearing surgical masks on a Monday morning.

London, July 5 : North Korean military workers have been sighted near the Indian border as the military regimes of Myanmar and North Korea forge an increasingly close alliance aimed at busting international sanctions, a British newspaper reported Sunday.

Comment about "Myanmar snubs UN chief over Suu Kyi visit" Phone Name Comment 0 Myanmar snubs UN chief over Suu Kyi visit AFP An activist from Myanmar holds a placard during a protest demanding the release of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Two hotels in Myanmar have won two gold medals in an energy saving building design contest for 2009, sponsored by the ASEAN Energy Center , the local weekly Popular News reported Friday.

GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Yangon, 4 July 2009 Excellencies, Distinguished guests and colleagues Ladies and Gentlemen, This is my second visit to Myanmar in just over a year.

A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Myanmar's military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Myanmar's top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand cooperation in military training and arms production, Radio Free Asia reports.

Armed with a law degree from the University of East Yangon, 22-year-old Win is clear-eyed about his job prospects: Practically speaking, there are none.

Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 17 April 2009, appointed Rector of St Joseph's Major Theological Seminary in the archdiocese of Yangon, Rev.

Exile Burmese media have voiced alarm in recent days at reports of growing ties between Burma and nuclear-armed North Korea.

YANGON: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to meet senior members of the party of Aung San Suu Kyi when he visits Myanmar this week but has no plans yet to see the opposition leader, a party spokesman said.

North Korea is highly likely to test-fire a barrage of missiles in coming days, a news report said Thursday, a move that would aggravate the already-high tensions following Pyongyang's nuclear test and U.N. sanctions.

Reporters Without Borders Burma Media Association 29 June 2009 /EIN News/ BURMA Arrest, censorship and manipulation amid trial of Aung San Suu Kyi Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association today condemned the military junta for intimidating the press trying to cover recent national and international events, as a journalist was ...

With the increase in music piracy and ineffective laws governing the illegal reproduction of music, Burma's music industry has witnessed an 80 percent reduction in the release of new albums over the course of the last two years.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Myanmar on Tuesday to free all political prisoners, including detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, days ahead of a visit to the military-ruled country.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday on Myanmar's military-run government to free all of its political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will return to Myanmar later this week on a diplomatic bid to win the release of Aung San Suu Kyi just as the imprisoned pro-democracy leader's trial resumes, U.N. officials announced Monday.

Securing Myanmar visas for international aid workers is again proving problematic more than a year after Cyclone Nargis killed nearly 140,000 people and affected another 2.4 million.

Cape Coral flooding gets costly Dozens of cars stalled in up to five inches of water.

A Myanmar activist participates in a rally demanding the immediate release of his pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 26, 2009.

Myanmar has confirmed its first case of H1N1 influenza after a schoolgirl returning from Singapore tested positive for the virus, state radio reported on Saturday.