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November 13, 2013
| Mizzima
US ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell has urged the Rakhine State government to put an emphasis on development and to stop fresh violence through...
November 13, 2013
| Phophtaw
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) met recently to discuss their position to support an agreement reached by most of the major ethnic...
November 13, 2013
| Phophtaw
Several ethnic armed groups met separately with the government's Union Peacemaking Working Committee (UPWC) .
November 13, 2013
| Mizzima
Major Sai Lao Seng from the Restoration Council of Shan State/ Shan State Army (RCSS/ SSA) stated that their Council approved the common terms...
November 12, 2013
| Mizzima
The East Japan Railway Company has vowed to help promote the development of Myanmar railway management and transport by sharing technical knowledge...
November 12, 2013
| IMNA
Mon King Dhammazedi Bell should be acknowledged as Mon Historical heritage, declared Nai Ye Zaw, a Mon Historical Research member, at a press...
November 12, 2013
| KIC
The human rights activist, Kyaw Hla Aung, is still in prison after being arrested over three months ago. Amnesty International claim he is innocent...
November 12, 2013
| KIC
The Karen National Union and the government have agreed to work together to try to solve contentious land issues, including confiscation.
November 12, 2013
| Mizzima
Vice-Chairman of the Union Peace-making Work Committee U Aung Min assured the public that the constitution and the formation of a federal army will...
November 11, 2013
| Kaladan Press
A village administration officer in southern Maungdaw south started collecting money from parents to pay the salaries of Rohingya schoolteachers,...
November 11, 2013
| KIC
The regional government of Tanintharyi in Southern Burma has given the go-ahead to the Karen National Union (KNU) to allow Karen villages to teach...
November 11, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar government's central peace negotiator U Aung Min predicted that the next round of talks with ethnic armed groups scheduled for the second...
November 11, 2013
| Mizzima
South Korea will help Myanmar with rural areas development in the country, official media reported Sunday.
November 9, 2013
| Mizzima
Leaders of ethnic armed groups are scheduling a conference where discussions of a Federal Union Army, or a coalition comprised solely of members of...
November 8, 2013
| Mizzima
The Union Parliament today approved a proposal by a Mandalay Region MP to review a recent decision to increase the cost of electricity in Yangon.