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August 4, 2014
| KIC
About 90 representatives from 16 ethnic armed organizations reached a general agreement to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement if the government...
August 4, 2014
| Mizzima
An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in Rakhine State claimed the lives of eight children in July, said a state government official.
August 4, 2014
| Mizzima
An entire village of 500 people has fled across the Myanmar – China border in fear of repercussions following the alleged murder of two soldiers in...
August 4, 2014
| Mizzima
Myanmar's army has freed 91 children and young people from its armed forces, the United Nations said on August 1, in the country's latest move...
August 4, 2014
| Mizzima
A project to salvage the Great Bell of Dhammazedi, reportedly the world’s largest bell, from the bottom of the confluence of the Yangon and Bago...
August 1, 2014
| KNG
A summit of representatives from 16 of Burma's armed ethnic groups ended on Tuesday following four days of talks in Laiza, the capital of the Kachin...
August 1, 2014
| Mizzima
PARIS (AFP) - Drug-resistant malaria parasites are firmly established in border regions in four Southeast Asian countries, threatening global efforts...
August 1, 2014
| IMNA
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has begun providing security for rubber plantations in and around Yethakon Village in Mon State’s Thanbyuzayat...
August 1, 2014
| Narinjara
At least 10 Muslim refugees from Bodupa Muslim refugee camp in Sittwe have been arrested by the police in connection with a recent attack on a local...
August 1, 2014
| Mizzima
The Rakhine State Government invited Medecins San Frontieres to resume operations there because of criticism from the international community over...
August 1, 2014
| Mizzima
A summit meeting of the alliance representing 16 armed ethnic groups has agreed on negotiation guidelines for 10 issues it will raise at the next...
August 1, 2014
| Mizzima
TOKYO (AFP) - Myanmar domestic carrier Asian Wings Airways has expressed disappointment that Japan's All Nippon Airways has dropped its plan to buy a...
August 1, 2014
| Mizzima
Street vendors will be banned from selling on streets in the 33 townships under the control of Yangon City Development Committee from October 2014, a...
July 31, 2014
| Khonumthung
Two more Indo-Burmese border trade offices will be opened near the town of Paletwa in Chin State in order to boost the border trade and facilitate...
July 31, 2014
| Mizzima
A commission to choose an appropriate electoral system was formed and a Tatmadaw MP warned that the introduction of proportional representation could...