4 January 2010: On the occasion marking the 62nd anniversary of Burma’s Independence Day, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has said that national unity cannot be realized without reconciliation in Burma.
2 January 2010: A new salary increase for government employees will take effect on January 31, 2010, the Burmese Treasury Department has confirmed.
30 December, 2009: Three Chin athletes representing Burma won four medals at the 25th SEA Games held in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos in December 2009.
27 December 2009: A member of the Japanese House of Councilors was in the new Burmese administrative capital Naypyidaw this week meeting with high junta officials, state media reports.
24 December 2009: Junta-orchestrated pre-elections political violence seems to have begun as the exiled Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC) yesterday accused junta-backed social organization Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) of being responsible for organized mob violence directed at political dissidents.
22 December, 2009: In attempts to find ways of improving communication and understanding among dialectically diverse Chin people, ZBC (Zomi Baptist Convention) is set to introduce ‘language learning programme’ in six different dialects in 2010.
