RCSS delegation on tours, arrives in Mandalay
Following a trip to northern Shan State’s Kyaukme, this Tuesday morning, the RCSS delegation led by Lt-Gen Yawdserk met with Shan civil society organizations in Mandalay, according to news sources.
Yawdserk meets Aung San Suu Kyi
On June 15, Lt-Gen. Yawdserk, chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), met Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Nationalities League for Democracy (NLD), at her residence on University Avenue, according to news sources...
Investigation of land seizures being conducted in Mon State
Mon State’s Land Seizures Inquiry Commission Group 9 started investigations on June 10 into land confiscated in Moulmein and Ye townships during the military regime era, according to Mi Myit Myit Than, a member of the commission’s branch 9.
86 Bangladeshi Buddhists arrive in Maungdaw
( Maungdaw, 18 June 2013): At least 86 Bangladeshi Buddhists, who entered Burma ...
Govt looks to bring refugees home from Malaysia
The Myanmar government discussed bringing Myanmar refugees in a Malaysian camp b...
Oil block tender closes, but waiting game continues
Talk of Myanmar’s burgeoning natural resource industry has been simmering for so...
Rakhine situation remains bleak: UN
The living conditions of 140,000 internally displaced people in Rakhine State re...
155 remaining political prisoners may soon be released, says campaigner
Ko Bo Kyi, a member of the government-appointed committee to investigate the cas...
Buddhist monks visit Yangon mosque
A group of Buddhist monks were welcomed to the C.S. Arkatti Jamah Mosque in Yang...
Air Bagan offers free flights to frightened Burmese workers in Malaysia
Following a series of attacks on Burmese migrant workers in Malaysia that have s...
Monks and BGF force villagers to build Papun bridge
Villagers taken from 30 villages were ordered to work on the construction of the...
Japan to open Myawaddy information center for refugees
Mr. Yuki Nishimori, a consultant with the Japan International Cooperation Agency...
Birth of Arakan National Party: RNDP and ALD emerge as a single entity
Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP) and Arakan League for Democracy (ALD) ...
Burma-Bangladesh FOC meeting concluded in Naypyidaw
Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh have discussed and resolved many issues including...
Authority prohibits demonstration in front of Malaysian Embassy
The Burmese authority has prohibited any protest programme in front of the Malay...
Investigation of land seizures being conducted in Mon State
Mon State’s Land Seizures Inquiry Commission Group 9 started investigations on June 10 into land con...
Bangladesh and Burma hold 7th round of talks
A Bangladesh delegation that was led by the Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque attended the recent...
RCSS/SSA appeal for the observation of terms outlined in cease-fire agreement with Myanmar government
The Restoration Council/Shan State Army(RCSS/SSA) sent an official letter to the Myanmar government ...
Ten households threatened by landslide in Chin state
Over 10 households have been affected by landslides in the Chin state capital of Hakha. The danger s...
86 Bangladeshi Buddhists arrive in Maungdaw
( Maungdaw, 18 June 2013): At least 86 Bangladeshi Buddhists, who entered Burma for safe shelters, h...
RCSS delegation on tours, arrives in Mandalay
Following a trip to northern Shan State’s Kyaukme, this Tuesday morning, the RCSS delegation led by ...
UN convoy reaches KIO controlled IDP camps
A UN aid convoy reached the Kachin Independence Organization’s (KIO) second largest town of Mai Ja Y...
Construction worker gets life for raping schoolgirl
A construction worker has been given a life sentence for raping a primary school student.
Air Bagan offers free flights to frightened Burmese workers in Malaysia
Following a series of attacks on Burmese migrant workers in Malaysia that have so far resulted in si...
Oil block tender closes, but waiting game continues
Talk of Myanmar’s burgeoning natural resource industry has been simmering for sometime and many of t...
Half of surrendering Shan rebels are actually civilians
Half of the purported rebels of the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) who recently surrendered to the B...
Myanmar Ethnic groups want constitutional amendments to include federalism
During the recent Federalism and Ethnic View Discussion, organized by Former Political Prisoners (FP...
UK Advocacy group says EU ‘Not getting the balance right’ on Burma sanctions
Burma Campaign UK, a human rights advocacy group, has urged the European Union to refrain from lifti...
Why Rohingyas flee to abroad by sea route
Thirty year-old Ahmed (not his real name), is a Rohingya refugee. He and other refugees fled to Mala...
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Welcome soft breezes cool the night air as small waves lap the sands near Maung-Ma-Kan Beach, at Daw...
Preserving Zomi Culture Through the Khua Do Festival
"There is no tribe if there is no tradition," according to Zo Vaphual, an elder of the Zomi Chin tri...
One Year on, Giri Victims Continue to be Neglected
Mray Bon: It will be one full year on the coming 22nd of October, since Cyclone Giri struck the Arak...
President Thein Sein: Real Reformer or Pretender?
President Thein Sein seems to be on the right track, when he ordered or instructed the military on D...
NO EASY ROAD: A Burmese Political Prisoner’s Story – Part 3
Thiha Yarzar was housed in cell 51, in a cell range of 60 white concrete cells with iron bars for ...ASEAN Chess: A New Way to Play an Old Game
(Feature) A new hybrid chess playing style was unveiled recently when chess enthusiasts from across ...
A Karenni Refugee Laments Her Painful Past and a Future Without Hope
Karenni Refugee Camp 1, about a one hour drive from Mae Hong Son City, in northwestern Thailand, is ...
Despite losing his legs Saw LahKyi soldiers on
Karen News photojournalist Saw Mort spent time with landmine casualty Saw LahKyi, a Karen National L...
Prisoners of Mae Sot
A little over a week ago, a young Myanmar friend of mine, let's call him Myo, found himself hiding i...
Nwe Ni’s long and difficult path
Many people visit the street in Shweli where the bars are. Shweli, also known as Ruili, is a Chinese...
2008 Constitution: What needs to be changed?
Until today, political parties, which won in the 1990 general elections, and ethnic armed groups hav...
KNG website attacked by cyber hacker
The website of the exiled Burmese news organization, the Kachin News Group, at www.kachinnews.com, s...
Government officials hinder media assessment
It has been reported in the media that sectarian violence broke out and escalated on a wide scale, w...
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