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January 14, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Lt-Gen Yawdserk, Chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), during the 5 day annual meeting of its Central...
January 14, 2014
| Mizzima
Residents of a Tanintharyi Region village have protested against plans to build a coal-fired power plant near Myeik because of concerns about its...
January 14, 2014
| KIC
Karen representatives from across Burma held a two-day forum from January 9 to 10, in Hpa-An, Karen State, with the objective of “forming a united...
January 14, 2014
| Mizzima
The governments of Myanmar and Thailand are planning talks to enable fthe residents of border refugee camps to be counted in the national census...
January 14, 2014
| KNG
Last Friday residents of Burma's northern most state marked the 66th Kachin State Day. Festivities in the state capital Myitkyia included signing the...
January 11, 2014
| Mizzima
Students at Taungyi University in Shan State have expressed disappointment at being banned from holding what they had called “an all-ethnic students...
January 11, 2014
| Mizzima
Controversial monk the Venerable U Wirathu is organizing an assembly of monks in Mandalay on January 15 to discuss his proposal for a ban on inter-...
January 10, 2014
| IMNA
The Mon state government expressed dissatisfaction over a recent billboard for the 67th Mon National Day (MND) that included part of a prayer from...
January 10, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The 3-day annual meeting of the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) which began yesterday at its Loi Taileng HQ in Mongpan...
January 10, 2014
| Mizzima
US ambassador Derek Mitchell has expressed dismay about the constitutional ban on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi contesting the presidency and praised...
January 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has reacted angrily to reports that public servants and students were banned from attending a mass rally at...
January 10, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Well placed insiders have recently warned ethnic leaders, both armed and unarmed, not to put all their eggs in the peace talks basket, according to a...
January 10, 2014
| Mizzima
The Rakhine State government says its budget for supporting the residents of camps holding about 130,000 people displaced by communal violence will...
January 9, 2014
| IMNA
The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) officially announced they won’t merge with the Mon Democracy Party (MDP). The party will keep their name...
January 9, 2014
| Mizzima
The joint parliamentary committee appointed to review the constitution has appointed five groups to study the more than 300,000 submissions it has...