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The Karen State Hluttaw
February 6, 2016
The office of Speaker in the new Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) will go to a National League for Democracy (NLD) Member of Parliament (MP) after...
February 4, 2016
Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 7 will start running the first KNU highway express bus route when its bus company, Doe Meik Swe, starts operating...
February 3, 2016
The media was forbidden from covering any parliamentary sessions of the first Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) during its five-year term from 2010 to...
January 4, 2016
A teenage boy, 17 from Mae La camp committed suicide on December 22 at his house in Zone A-2, it was the second suicide case in a month.
January 4, 2016
As the world celebrates Christmas, villagers in northern Burma have fled their their homes in fear Burma Army attacks.
December 17, 2015
A humanitarian aid organisation said that Burma Army offensives during October and November have displaced more than 10,000 civilians,.
December 15, 2015
Six men have been charged over printing a 2016 calendar which used the term Rohingya, leading to condemnation from a prominent human rights...
December 15, 2015
Health professionals on the Thai Burma border have warned that people are still at risk from dengue fever because of the unusually warm weather and...
December 11, 2015
More than 300 farmers from different parts of Shan State gathered to honour the memory of a fellow farmer, Loong Sarm, who was shot and killed by...
December 11, 2015
A coalition of Shan community based organisations has accused the Burmese Government of committing ‘war crimes’ in the ongoing Shan State conflict.
December 11, 2015
The Phan Foundation has officially announced its acceptance of nominees for the 8th annual Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award – the closing date is on...
December 9, 2015
Thailand’s public health officials have reported that 2015 was the worst year for dengue fever in more than 20 years.