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April 12, 2013
The first ever ethnic media conference will be hosted in Myanmar by Burma News International (BNI) from April 25-27 at the Strand Hotel in Mawlamyine...
April 12, 2013
In the eight months from August 2012 to March 2013, at least nine people were killed and at least nine injured by landmines in Karen [Kayin] State in...
April 12, 2013
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has said that evidence revealed in a lawyers' group report on Latpadaung suggests that the copper mine...
April 12, 2013
An inquiry into a fire at a mosque school in Yangon in which 13 boys died has found that the blaze was accidental.
April 12, 2013
Following the recent fire that killed 39 refugees and destroyed the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp, people living in camps along the Thai Burma border...
April 11, 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged support for establishing peace in Myanmar during a meeting with representatives of the United...
April 11, 2013
President Thein Sein addressed members of the Rakhine State Peace and Stability Implementation Central Committee on the issue of internally displaced...
April 11, 2013
The investigation committee for the Latpadaung copper mine project made calls for cooperation between the government, local officials and residents...
April 11, 2013
Kyauk Pru: Arakan state government authority has allowed the local people to hold a demonstration against the Chinese Company CNPC which is a major...
April 9, 2013
On 5 April, citing health, safety and security concerns for the locals, the northern Shan Farmer Committee has filed a petition to the chief minister...
April 9, 2013
Drugs seized recently were burned by the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) on Sunday, 7 April, on the Sino-Burmese...
April 9, 2013
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has predicted that Myanmar's economy will continue to grow strongly due to ongoing policy reforms. The predictions came...
April 9, 2013
On April 8, The Shan Herald News Agency reported that Shan rebels had clashed with Myanmar forces in Tangyan township in northern Shan State causing...
April 9, 2013
Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) is forcing village administration officers to collect money from Muslim villages to fund the upcoming Buddhist...
April 9, 2013
Two Muslim men, who recently attacked a Buddhist monk while he was meditating on March 28 in Dhama Madai monastery near the Buthidaung prison, were...

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