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March 8, 2013
Late last year, Myanmar’s Ministry of Education (MOE) and chief of peace negotiator, Railway Minister U Aung Min, approved a reform that allowed for...
March 8, 2013
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)’s latest report has accused both police and military authorities of “making money out of the (drug) issues,...
March 8, 2013
Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) leaders will go to bat once again with the Union Peace-making Working Committee during the latest round of...
March 8, 2013
Amnesty International has appealed to the UN Human Rights Council to continue closely monitoring the human rights situation in Myanmar in light of...
March 8, 2013
A car rally from Germany comprising 54 travelers in 29 vehicles arrived on March 3 at Inlay in Myanmar’s Shan State after passing safely through the...
March 8, 2013
This week’s visit to Naypyitaw by Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu is being seen by defense and intelligence analysts IHS Jane’s as a sign that...
March 8, 2013
The Myanmar police force are to be equipped with the latest technology to meet international standards, the chief of police announced at the Pyithu...
March 8, 2013
It is learned that about 25 armed-groups, political parties were invited to participate in the Shan-Kayah (Karenni) Trust-building for Peace forum...
March 8, 2013
State government officials from Mon and Karen States attended the opening ceremony for the Karen National Union’s sixth liaison office in Naung Bo...
March 8, 2013
Land grabs increased in several areas inhabited by Karen ethnic minority people last year, according to a report released by the Karen Human Rights...
March 8, 2013
Myanmar's main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), inaugurates its first general assembly on Friday with more than 1,000...
March 7, 2013
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the Mongla-based National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) will be attending the next round of peace talks between...
March 7, 2013
Htone Bo villagers have demanded that the Shwe Energy (Asia World) Company allow them to work in their lands in the project area of the Thauk Ye Khat...
March 7, 2013
Many rock mountains located at the main area of the Shwe Gas project in Arakan state have been blown up by mines to produce rocks for the shwe gas...
March 7, 2013
The Bangladesh Trade Fair started in Rangoon recently. One participant said the purpose of the trade fair, the only one of its kind in Burma, is to...

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