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August 20, 2014
Four political parties are preparing to contest an up-coming by-election in Karen State at the end of the year. The parties contesting the election...
August 20, 2014
The Nationwide Ceasefire Co-ordination Team has asked Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to witness the signing of a ceasefire agreement it is negotiating with the...
August 20, 2014
The Dawei Special Economic Zone management committee has invited two companies to submit closed tenders aimed at restarting the troubled project, its...
August 19, 2014
In an interview with Karen News, Padoh Saw Kwe Htoo Win, deputy leader of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), said that an agreement...
August 19, 2014
August 12 marks the Karen Martyrs’ Day and its people scattered around the world take time to honor and remember those who died for freedom. Every...
August 19, 2014
The Myanmar Government and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have signed a "landmark" agreement to collaborate on strengthening the rule...
August 18, 2014
The Chin State government has allotted 5,200 lakh kyat from the 2014-2015 budget to remote villages in Thantlang Township under a rural development...
August 18, 2014
In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Ms Charm Tong, a founder of the Shan Women’s Action Network, expressed grave concerns over ongoing Burma...
August 18, 2014
The Karen National Union’s, secretary 1, Padoh Saw Thaw Thi Bweh told Karen News that unless the situation in Burma guarantees refugees safety, their...
August 18, 2014
The chatter of four teenaged Buddhist monks dressed in bright saffron robes breaks the silence of the morning peace, as they walk hand in hand the...
August 18, 2014
Schools run by the Karen Education Department (KED) on the Karen State border with Thailand, are facing a massive shortage of teaching materials.
August 18, 2014
Chief Minister U Maung Maung Ohn has told Rakhine’s State Hluttaw on August 13 that he will provide increased resource to the state’s coastguard, a...
August 18, 2014
The health authorities in Rakhine State are taking steps aimed at containing an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis which has claimed two lives this...
August 15, 2014
Fundamental points must be agreed upon in order to achieve genuine peace, according to Nai Hongsar, leader of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination...
August 15, 2014
Chin National Front’s (CNF) General Secretary No. 1, Pu Paul Smith, and CNF’s Military Affairs Colonel, Pu Solomon, attended the Asian Peace...

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