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June 28, 2013
The Border Consortium plans to cut its food rations to the 128,000 refugees living in the nine refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border. TBC is a group...
June 28, 2013
Myanmar Presidential spokesman Ye Htut addresses a seminar on Hate Speech organised by the US embassy in Yangon on Friday, June 28, 2013.
June 28, 2013
Military operations at Chin National Army (CAN) headquarters in Victoria Camp near the Indo- Myanmar border is being monitored by Burma army...
June 28, 2013
More Chin families living in Mizoram state in northeast India may soon be forced out by Mizo organizations. A new order calling for the ejection of...
June 28, 2013
A free identity card service being offered by the Norway Refugee Council (NRC) in cooperation with the Immigration and National Registration...
June 27, 2013
Due to the ongoing clashes between Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and Burma Army, 2000 bags of rice (40 tons), the aid from...
June 27, 2013
Almost 4 years after an International Conference on Shan Studies (ICSS) was convened at Thailand’s prestigious Chulalongkorn University, Maehongson...
June 27, 2013
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi has put pressure on the Myanmar government to speed up work on the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone in Rakhine...
June 27, 2013
Controversial Buddhist Monk U Wirathu has slammed TIME reporter Hannah Beech, claiming she broke media ethics and performed a "savage attack" in her...
June 27, 2013
Qatar-based Ooredoo and Norway’s Telenor have been announced the winners of two foreign Myanmar telecoms licenses by the Myanmar government,...
June 27, 2013
The Bangladesh-Myanmar 7th Joint Working Group for Border Trade was held at the Teknaf Central Resort on June 22.
June 27, 2013
Two separate motorcycle accidents that happened in Maungdaw clearly illustrate how state authorities apply the law differently based on one’s...
June 27, 2013
Salt water that has entered river systems following high tides is affecting paddy fields in southern Maungdaw. The salt plagued rivers are destroying...
June 26, 2013
Incidences of confrontation between the Burma Army and the Arakanese farmers have been reported from various parts of Arakan. In many occasions the...
June 26, 2013
WE Holdings has acquired a joint venture company in Singapore, WE Dragon Resources, together with prominent Myanmar businessman Nay Win Tun.

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