US state asked to free tens of thousands of prisoners or take other steps to prevent suffereing in overcrowded prisons. The US Supreme Court has ordered California to...

Former Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee In a recent interview Aung Sang Suu Kyi remarked that she was disappointed with the Indian government’s policy towards Burma. The recently freed...

Al Jazeera examines the legality of Israel's use of force on its northern frontier against mass "Nakba" marchers. On Sunday, Israel's disputed northern frontier saw the first deadly...

Women participate in an Arakanese thanakha grinding ceremony, a traditional decorative makeup, in Mingalar Taungnyunt Township in the Rangoon Region on Tuesday, April 12, the eve of the...

by Howard Tsang, Asia Pacific Memo, March 31, 2011 Tokyo, Japan -- On the 7th day after the earthquake, at precisely 2:46 p.m., sirens rang out along Japan’s...

Armed clashes have been occurring across Karen State on a near-daily basis for the past four months with no end in sight. Divided loyalties following the split in...

At least two people died in a bomb blast on a train at Sinthay Railway Station near Burma’s capital of Naypyidaw on Wednesday, according to sources in Naypyidaw....

While many saffron-robed foreigners are genuinely interested in studying religion, some are entering Thailand illegally to beg for money from the public * Published: 26/03/2011 at 12:00 AM...

After the first Anglo-Burmese war in 1826 two former provinces of the Burmese Empire, Arakan and Tenasserim, were governed by British commissioners. The two provinces developed distinctly different...

From the end of the eighteenth century the Burmese king Bodawpaya (r. 1782–1817), steadily expanded his realm westward. At the same time the British gained territorial control over...

King Min Pha Laung, the youngest son of king Min Bar, ascended the throne of Mraukoo in 1571 AD. He was called Min Pha Laung because he was...

King Min Pha Laung, the youngest son of king Min Bar, ascended the throne of Mraukoo in 1571 AD. He was called Min Pha Laung because he was...

By: Khaing Aung Win Introduction Arakan had been an independent kingdom before it was invaded by the Burmans in 1784. The invasion of the Burmans into Arakan in...