FFSS Founder Defies Court Summons   Oct 31, 2009 16:35:57

By THE IRRAWADDY The founder of the Rangoon-based Free Funeral Services Society (FFSS) has defied an order to appear before a court to answer a charge that ...View Full Article Read More

Journalists, Volunteer Relief Wo...   Oct 31, 2009 16:35:56

“As far as we know, at least 12 people were detained and eight journalists were among those arrested,” said a journalist based in Rangoon, who spoke on ...View Full Article Read More

Daily Press Briefing   Oct 31, 2009 16:35:55

And Kurt Campbell and Marciel are going to where, Rangoon? QUESTION: Or are they going to the capital? MR. WOOD: I believe they're going to Rangoon, ...View Full Article Read More

US inches closer to dialogue wit...   Oct 31, 2009 16:35:54

by Larry Jagan Bangkok (Mizzima) - A United States top level “fact-finding mission” is due to arrive in Rangoon on Monday. The Assistant Secretary of State ...View Full Article Read More

Suu Kyi counterpart gets 'offer'...   Oct 28, 2009 22:27:50

By Tulsathit Taptim Disclaimer: The following e-mail was intercepted on its way from Rangoon to Thaksin Shinawatra. Though unsigned, it seems to have been ...View Full Article Read More

Suu Kyi in Burma government talks   Oct 28, 2009 22:27:49

Ms Suu Kyi, who is under renewed house arrest in Rangoon, met labour minister Aung Kyi, her lawyer said. The meeting came one day after a court rejected her ...View Full Article Read More

The Boy From Rangoon   Oct 28, 2009 22:27:48

All his official college papers erroneously locate Rangoon in India; evidently Burma was so far off the Yeshiva map, it was invisible. ...View Full Article Read More

Ban on Plastic Bags Extended to ...   Oct 28, 2009 22:27:47

Two factory owners in Burma's largest city told The Irrawaddy an instruction had come from Rangoon's divisional commander, Brig-Gen Win Myint, ...View Full Article Read More

Hannaford recalls spring rolls f...   Oct 18, 2009 23:33:44

Original Rangoon of Massachusetts, the spring roll manufacturer, has reported the incidents to the US Food and Drug Administration.View Full Article Read More

Living in a ghost town   Oct 18, 2009 23:33:43

Thousands of civil servants had to move from Rangoon to Naypyidaw when General Than Shwe announced the transfer of the capital in 2005. ...View Full Article Read More