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May 27, 2013
A Burmese migrant labour activist organization had been awarded the International Labour Rights Award for its contribution to the labour rights...
May 27, 2013
Drug trafficking is on the rise along the Bangladesh-Burma border, according to Teknaf local Hashim.
May 25, 2013
The border at Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) will be open soon, according to Karen State Chief Minister U Zaw Min. Although the chief minister didn’t...
May 25, 2013
A new sector and two battalions of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) are operating on the Bangladesh-Burma border, near Cox’s Bazar and Khagrachari...
May 25, 2013
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought Thai support to convince Burmese leadership to give citizenship to the displaced Rohingyas in Arakan...
May 25, 2013
The long delayed peace talks will finally take place in Kachin state capital of Myitkyina next Tuesday.Originally they were supposed to be held...
May 24, 2013
Following a series of attack on Shan State Army (SSA) Task Force 701 base on Sino-Burma border by the Burma Army two weeks ago, which sent thousands...
May 24, 2013
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the people it had brought down from the Sino-Burmese border will not move house back from the Thai-Burmese border...
May 24, 2013
American energy giant General Electric (GE) announced on Thursday that it has joined forces with two local companies to continue to develop...
May 24, 2013
Relief camps in Kyaukphyu are still dealing with insufficient water and food supplies, according to camp committee representatives.
May 23, 2013
Saw Albert, the field director of the Karen Human Rights Group, in an exclusive interview with Karen News, said that since Burma’s 2010 election,...
May 23, 2013
Karen musicians from across Burma and performing under the name the Klo and Kweh Music Team arrived in Canada for series of performances this month.
May 22, 2013
It is reported that as the government did not provide travel arrangement for the All Burma Student Democratic Front (ABSDF) representatives from...
May 22, 2013
Shan community based groups warn that recent Burmese government army attacks in northern Shan State, causing displacement of over 3,000 villagers,...
May 22, 2013
A briefing paper jointly published earlier this month by the Netherlands-based think tank groups has asserted that new ceasefires that have been...

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