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February 24, 2014
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, has expressed deep satisfaction that the government has made...
February 24, 2014
The Bangladesh Coast Guard intercepted a huge drug cache that was smuggled into Bangladesh from Burma recently, said Hossain, a local of Teknaf Town...
February 20, 2014
Last week the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) called on the churches under their control to pray for peace. Tensions with the Burma's military...
February 20, 2014
The government-formed Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) has informed the resistance-formed Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Committee (NCCT)...
February 20, 2014
The Burma President U Thein Sein has been urged by four Arakanese organizations to cancel the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Medicins...
February 20, 2014
The government has warned that action will be taken against anyone who disrupts public talks on literature that are being held with legal permission.
February 19, 2014
By the participation extended during the 67th Mon National Day celebrations it’s clear that Mons are very loyal to their unique national identity,...
February 19, 2014
The people must respect the Constitution because it is the “mother law” of all the laws in the land, the leader of the military bloc in the Amyotha...
February 19, 2014
If it isn't enough to have Hsen Pai (Variety) to contend against for readership, the Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN)'s monthly Panglong journal...
February 18, 2014
Six months after being denied access to the Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) de facto capital by Burmese government authorities, UN rights...
February 18, 2014
Residents of Rakhine State have sent a petition to President U Thein Sein asking him to expel Medicins Sans Frontieres, the head of a women’s group...
February 17, 2014
Burmese government officials plan to begin collecting census data in remote parts of Kachin state census one month before the scheduled period when...
February 14, 2014
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today faced a public protest when had arrived in Sittwe, the...
February 14, 2014
The government has dismissed a call for the census to be postponed, saying it will go ahead as scheduled in late March and early April.
February 14, 2014
Members of the new Mon National Party meet to discuss the party’s formation.Members of the new Mon National Party meet to discuss the party’s...

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