UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari left New York for Burma on Wednesday for talks with the Burmese regime and to prepare the ground for a possible visit by UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon early next month. Read the rest of this entry »

SEOUL — North Korea condemned a recent US pledge to provide nuclear defense of South Korea, saying Thursday that the move boosts its justification to have atomic bombs and invites a potential “fire shower of nuclear retaliation.” Read the rest of this entry »

New Delhi (mizzima) – Burma’s High Court on Wednesday heard defense arguments for allowing two more witnesses in the controversial trial against pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but did not make any ruling on the matter. Read the rest of this entry »

New Delhi (Mizzima) – Precautionary measures against the Swine Flu virus has been stepped up by authorities in India and Burma along their international boundary, following the positive cases of the disease, which have been detected in India. Read the rest of this entry »

New Delhi – The Daewoo International led consortium on Monday agreed to sell gas from the A-1 and A-3 blocks of its offshore gas production in western Burma to the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). Read the rest of this entry »

June 12, 2009 (DVB)–Thailand’s condemnation of the Suu Kyi trial and the arrival of thousands of Burmese refugees has put relations between the two countries under “unprecedented strain”, according to a Burmese state-run newspaper. Read the rest of this entry »

SINGAPORE—Singapore investors will likely wait until after Burma’s elections next year before pouring any more money into the country, former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Friday, according to television station Channel News Asia. Read the rest of this entry »