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June 9, 2014
| KIC
Burmese President U Thein Sein’s decision to sign the “Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence” just a week before a global summit on sexual...
June 6, 2014
| Mizzima
Corruption in Myanmar is a greater threat than terrorism, said President U Thein Sein, as he addressed a ceremony to mark World Environment Day...
June 6, 2014
| KIC
Burma’s election body, the Union Electoral Commission (UEC), has been accused of intimidating the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD)...
June 6, 2014
| KIC
Parents of students at Taungkalay High School in Hpa-an have expressed concern that they still have to pay educational fees for their children...
June 6, 2014
| S.H.A.N
CHIANG MAI-June 5. Burma’s army has deployed more troops near territories controlled by the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and...
June 6, 2014
| IMNA
Khitar Non – The Tenasserim Division government has offered farmers whose land was confiscated only a single “house-hold plot” of land for every...
June 6, 2014
| Mizzima
The Karen National Union will sign a new ceasefire agreement with the Tatmadaw within three months, KNU central executive committee member Padoh Mahn...
June 5, 2014
| KIC
Residents and monks from 30 Karen villages have called for all Karen armed groups to join under a single banner in order to stop drug running and...
June 4, 2014
| KIC
The Karen National Union (KNU) has been constructing two low-cost housing projects for families of disabled soldiers from its armed wing (the Karen...
June 4, 2014
| KIC
Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung, a Karen National Union (KNU) Central Executive Committee member, said during his speech at a peace process meeting that...
June 4, 2014
| Narinjara
Top officials from Bangladesh’s border security forces are expected to visit Burma (Myanmar) next week. On Sunday, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AH...
June 4, 2014
| KNG
Dr. Manam Tu Ja, leader of the Kachin State Democracy Party, told Kachin News Group (KNG) that Burma’s military-backed constitution must be amended...
June 4, 2014
| Mizzima
The collection of census data in Rakhine State remains stalled because of the issue of Rohingya self-identification, a senior Ministry of Immigration...
June 3, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Most of the differences that have emerged in peace talks between the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT)—which is negotiating on behalf of...
June 3, 2014
| KIC
Migrant workers from Burma are finding that life has become much more complicated following Thailand’s military coup on May 22, with their travel...