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May 30, 2014
Giving the opening address at the 10th Karen Unity Seminar, the Karen National Union’s chairperson, Saw Mutu Sae Po called all the attending Karen...
May 30, 2014
The leader of the opposition National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has denied breaking the law in her first public reaction to a...
May 30, 2014
In his opening address at the annual “Karen Unity Seminar,” the Karen National Union’s (KNU) chairperson, General Saw Mutu Sae Po (General Mutu),...
May 29, 2014
The leader of the opposition National League for Democracy, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, has launched a national campaign to gather signatures on a petition...
May 29, 2014
A six-year-old girl was killed and five villagers wounded by a landmine in U Mu Ta village, Hlaingbwe Township, two kilometers away from the Thai...
May 29, 2014
Despite the much-lauded government reforms by the international community and President U Thein Sein’s 2013 promise to release all political...
May 29, 2014
A statement issued following last week's meeting of 17 Kachin civil society groups called for civil society to be included in the ongoing Kachin...
May 28, 2014
In an exclusive interview with Karen News, the Secretary of the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO)—an NGO which represents female refugees on the Thai-...
May 28, 2014
Despite Burmese President Thein Sein’s 2013 promise to release all political prisoners—a move praised by many foreign leaders, who relied on his...
May 28, 2014
A six-year-old girl was killed and five villagers were wounded by a landmine on May 25th in the village of U Mu Ta, which is located around two...
May 28, 2014
Min Thu Tha – At a press conference held on May 25th, the All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) said that it is preparing for Burma’s 2015 elections.
May 28, 2014
A committee appointed by the government has published a draft law on religious conversion in most state-run newspapers and invited comment from the...
May 27, 2014
Chittagong, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organized a seminar called “Enhancing Bangladesh-...
May 27, 2014
Naikonchari, Bangladesh: Last week’s “flag meeting” on border security between Burma and Bangladesh was overshadowed by accusations by Naypyidaw that...
May 27, 2014
The deputy leader of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team, Padoh Swe Kwe Htoo Win, speaks on the first day of the latest round of negotiations...

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