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June 12, 2014
Life has become extremely difficult for large numbers of villagers in northern Shan State since Burma's military launched an offensive against the...
June 12, 2014
The Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) has selected Pu Siang Mang as its candidate for the upcoming by-elections in Chin State’s Hakha Township...
June 12, 2014
Min Thu Tha – Nai Hong Sar, who leads the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) that is negotiating on behalf of Burma’s armed ethnic groups...
June 11, 2014
Burma focused international human rights advocacy organisations, youth groups and unions, have marked the third anniversary of the conflict in Kachin...
June 11, 2014
Karen community groups have for the first time have called on the Karen National Union to show more transparency and openness in their ongoing peace...
June 10, 2014
A Kayin splinter group has condemned comments it says were made earlier this month by Karen National Union central executive committee Padoh Manh...
June 10, 2014
For the sixth year running a higher proportion of students from Mon State passed the nationwide College Entrance Exam (matriculation) than from any...
June 10, 2014
The Organisation for the Protection of Race and Religion has recommended that the penalty attached to the draft religious conversion bill be...
June 10, 2014
A comprehensive report on the future of the world's tropical regions will be unveiled by National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in...
June 10, 2014
On June 5, 2014, the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) organised an event commemorating the World Environment Day in one of the...
June 10, 2014
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Director General Maj. Gen. Aziz Ahmed is scheduled to visit Naypyidaw to meet with officials...
June 10, 2014
The Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) slated to be developed in the villages of Sit Taw and Si Maw in Arakan State’s Kyaukpyu Township may be...
June 9, 2014
Government spokesperson and Deputy Information Minister U Ye Htut has apologised after a doctored image of opposition National League for Democracy...
June 9, 2014
A vice-chairman of the Yangon branch of the Young Men's Buddhist Association has rejected allegations made by three former executive committee...
June 9, 2014
Offensives by the Burmese army in Kachin State are undermining the peace process, according to an ethnic women’s organization known as the Kachin...

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