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January 3, 2014
Officials from the Mon Democracy Party (MDP) and a faction from the All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMRDP) agreed last month to merge and form the...
January 3, 2014
Myanmar police working in a troubled Shan State township destroyed a record number of poppy fields there this year, but impoverished farmers in the...
January 3, 2014
Two union ministers, meeting representatives of armed groups and civil society organizations in Chiangmai, on Monday (30 December 2013), urged...
December 25, 2013
The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) led by Nai Hongsa and the government’s Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) led by U Aung Min...
December 25, 2013
The failure of Myanmar’s election committee to call by-elections and fill vacant seats constitutes an abuse of power, say a number of Myanmar MPs.
December 25, 2013
The 88-Generation Student Organization has confirmed it has sought permission to stage a protest against what it claims are undemocratic and...
December 25, 2013
The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) slammed the Burma government in a new report for having “marginalized” ethnic Kachin and Rohingya...
December 25, 2013
Arakanese observed December 15 as its State day with trepidations. The people of Arakan celebrated the anniversary day, remembering the moment when...
December 21, 2013
AN appeal for warm clothing and adequate shelter has been issued for more than 2,000 war refugees living at camps in southern Kachin State where...
December 20, 2013
A Maungdaw judge has sentenced a disabled man to a year in jail following allegations of lewd behavior in the presence of a school head mistress,...
December 19, 2013
A bomb blast in Shan State killed three people and injured two others this week, the first such explosion since a series of bomb blasts rocked...
December 19, 2013
The Interim Press Council has refused a demand from the Ministry of Information to mediate with the weekly journal Thuriya Nay Win over accusations...
December 19, 2013
Measures to resolve conflict between ethnic minorities and the government must be included in any amendments to the constitution, a conference in...
December 16, 2013
Villagers in Ka Taw Ni village in Southern Burma alleged that a Thai coal mining company used the local Burmese Army to threaten them for protesting...
December 14, 2013
Armed ethnic groups have postponed until next month a conference to consider their response to a government proposal for a national ceasefire, a...

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