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June 26, 2014
| Khonumthung
The Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) has said that the “Religious Conversion Law” drafted by Myanmar’s Ministry of Religious Affairs is not...
June 25, 2014
| IMNA
The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) filled four vacant posts of its central executive committee (EC) at its June 22nd meeting held at the...
June 25, 2014
| IMNA
Khittar Non – Construction has begun on a brick museum led by retired Deputy Director for the Department of Historical Research, U San Win. The...
June 25, 2014
| Mizzima
Major General Maung Maung Ohn will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Rakhine State on June 30.
June 24, 2014
| Mizzima
A sedge of rare sarus cranes has been discovered in the wetlands that surround Kachin State’s Indawgyi Lake. A press statement released on June 22 by...
June 24, 2014
| Mizzima
The Rakhine National Party has urged for the post as Rakhine chief minister be given to a native of the state, ahead of preparations to appoint the...
June 24, 2014
| KNG
Fighting between government forces and troops from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) took place nearly every day last week in the Manwing area of...
June 23, 2014
| KIC
The Karen political party, the Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party (PSDP), has stated its opposition to the proportional representation (PR) voting system...
June 23, 2014
| KIC
A team of UN experts has added their weight to growing calls for Burma’s government to scrap proposed contentious legislation that would restrict...
June 23, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Over 1,300 boat people have died en route to Malaysia and hundreds have been ill-treated in overcrowded camps run by human...
June 23, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Burma’s Border Guard Police (BGP) open fired in the villages of Alay Than Kyaw, Paungzarr, and Maungni in Maungdaw Township on June 18th and 19th...
June 20, 2014
| S.H.A.N
One cannot accuse U Aung Min, who is representing President Thein Sein in most of the negotiations with the armed resistance movements of course, for...
June 20, 2014
| Mizzima
A network that represents women’s groupsfrom across Myanmar has used Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 69th birthday to announce that they believe she is the...
June 20, 2014
| Mizzima
The Chief Minister of Rakhine State has been permitted to resign, a notice in Myanmar's state-run newspapers announced on June 20.
June 20, 2014
| Mizzima
The six hydro-electric dams that the government plans to build on the Ayeyarwady and Thanlwin rivers will generate revenue of US$540 million (about...