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September 16, 2014
The government-backed Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) met with the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN), that represents 28 Karen community based...
September 15, 2014
U San Lin, leader of the Dhammazedi Bell Salvage Team, announced in a recent press release that the team has succeeded in finding the Great...
September 15, 2014
Medics working with civilians displaced by fighting in Kachin State are struggling to cope because of a lack of resources – community based...
September 15, 2014
The prolonged night curfew, which was imposed in Arakan State’s capital city Sittwe in June 2012, has finally been lifted by the Rakhine State...
September 15, 2014
An overnight curfew imposed more than two years ago on Sittway and Kyaukphyu townships in Rakhine State was lifted on September 11, a state...
September 15, 2014
The state owned Myanmar Timber Enterprise has harvested over 600,000 tonnes of teak and other hardwood’s for sale in the 2014-15 fiscal year, says...
September 15, 2014
A report by the Asian Development Bank has predicted the gross domestic product of Myanmar could reach as high as 9.5 percent by 2030, which would...
September 15, 2014
Development activities in Rakhine State will be allocated more than K1 billion (US$1 million) during the 2014-2015 fiscal year from President U Thein...
September 15, 2014
Thailand's coup leader and premier Prayuth Chan-Ocha will visit Myanmar on his first official overseas trip, an official said on September 12, as the...
September 15, 2014
The decision by the leadership of the Karen National Union to suspend membership from the United Nationalities Federal Council in August has been met...
September 12, 2014
Burmese billionaire tycoon Tay Za is leading the search and rescue effort to find two Burmese climbers who have apparently lost their way on a...
September 12, 2014
Karenni National Peace and Development Party (KNPDP), also known as Kayawni group, returned its grabbing-land to local inhabitants on12 August, 2014...
September 12, 2014
More than 30 ethnic Karen community based organizations, including environmental watchdogs and civil society organizations, have criticized a...
September 12, 2014
A coalition of Shan community based organizations has said a moratorium on resource extraction is urgently needed until there is nationwide peace and...
September 12, 2014
The renowned Karen artist, Saw Kyaw La Thein, while on a visit to Australia called on the Karen diaspora to preserve Karen culture.

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