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December 9, 2013
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) recently organized a security sector reform meeting attended by various organizations and...
December 7, 2013
The chairman of a parliamentary environment committee has expressed support for resuming work on the Chinese-backed Myitsone dam on the Ayeyarwady...
December 7, 2013
Former military commander-in-chief and patron of the National League for Democracy, U Tin Oo, has criticised moves by the Obama administration for...
December 7, 2013
A drug refinery raided and seized by government authorities on 20 November was actually owned and operated by a Burma Army run People’s Militia Force...
December 6, 2013
Indian Union government has asked to stop the ongoing border fencing work with Burma (Myanmar) across Manipur in northeast India.
December 6, 2013
The Foreign Investment Department is considering combining the foreign and Myanmar citizens’ investment laws, its director in chief, U Aung Naing Oo...
December 6, 2013
The government plans to support rice farmers by buying more than 100,000 tonnes of the staple in the coming weeks, the chairman of the buffer stock...
December 4, 2013
Rohingya fishermen from southern Maungdaw have been blocked by high level authorities from using their boats in the sea, said an anonymous fisherman...
December 4, 2013
The government has no plans to provide special support for veterans who fought for Myanmar’s independence, Presidential spokesperson U Ye Htut said...
December 4, 2013
Ethnic groups have a strong distrust of the Burmese government, and it is now necessary for President U Thein Sein to move past the rhetoric and...
December 4, 2013
The remaining 82 people in Myanmar’s jails who are regarded as being political prisoners will be assessed in the coming weeks to determine if they...
December 3, 2013
The second round of nationwide ceasefire talks between Myanmar government and 17 ethnic armed groups scheduled for late this month has been put off...
December 3, 2013
A spokesperson from the Bahan Township police station told Mizzima on 1December that the station is opening an investigation into a protest that...
December 3, 2013
Five drug suspects that were being held in jail in Maungdaw town for 15 months were recently unconditionally released. Four police officers and one...
November 30, 2013
In an interview with ABC public broadcaster in Australia on Thursday during a trip to the country, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi claimed...

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