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May 27, 2014
The Union Election Commission has issued a warning to opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi over a challenge she issued to the Tatmadaw MPs to...
May 24, 2014
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has offered to work with the government in providing assistance to internally...
May 24, 2014
The government and armed ethnic groups reported more progress towards agreement on a national ceasefire agreement after the latest round of...
May 23, 2014
A host of international based Burma human rights advocacy organisations have voiced grave concern that refugees on the Thai-Burma border are being...
May 23, 2014
Tensions over unresolved land ownership disputes could spark a nationwide uprising if the issue was not dealt with soon, a senior member of the...
May 23, 2014
The National Unity Party have declared that they will take to the streets in protest if parliament amends constitutional article 59(f) and thereby...
May 23, 2014
The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team says progress achieved in peace talks that resumed on May 21 was due to a willingness by government...
May 23, 2014
Thousands of Karen students from as many as 370 schools in Pago [Pegu] Division can now officially learn their mother tongue thanks to a new program...
May 23, 2014
A group of Burma-focused international NGO’s have voiced grave concern that refugees on the Thai-Burma border are being forced to return to Burma...
May 22, 2014
Min Lyonn – Six Mon national representatives were presented to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) being held at the UN...
May 22, 2014
Min Lyonn – Six Mon representatives are attending this year’s “United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues” (UNPFII), which is held every...
May 21, 2014
A constitutional awareness workshop will be held from 25 - 27 May in Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State. The workshop will be jointly organized by...
May 21, 2014
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Bangladesh border authorities have arrested over 1173 Rohingyas in targeted operations along the Bangladesh-Burma border...
May 21, 2014
Villagers in Kachin State have expressed disappointment about protesters who walked about 750 miles (1,200 kilometres) from Yangon to the site of the...
May 21, 2014
The campaign by the opposition National League for Democracy and the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society movement for amendments to the constitution...

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