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February 13, 2013
A Rohingya religious leader was arrested and detained by Nasaka (border guard force) in Maungdaw Township. According to a local he was picked up for...
February 13, 2013
Last week the Bishop of Myitkyina, Francis Daw Tang, a respected leader of the catholic Kachin community, issued a strongly worded statement calling...
February 13, 2013
This years Karen National Day was widely celebrated by villagers, soldiers, refugees and displaced people throughout Karen areas in Burma.
February 13, 2013
Foreign reporters will be able to work for up to a year in Myanmar on journalist visas as from April, according to a report in The Guardian on...
February 13, 2013
The upcoming 56th Chin National Day celebration will be jointly organized by the Chin National Front (CNF) and Chin state government in Hakha. A...
February 13, 2013
The time is still not right to conduct by-elections in the townships of Mogaung and Hpakant, said Lower House speaker Thura Shwe Mann when he met...
February 13, 2013
More than 2,000 internally displaced Karen people felt secure enough to celebrate the Karen National Day in Mutraw District, Northern Karen State.
February 13, 2013
The Karen Women Organization’s held its 6th congress in early February at Lay Wah, Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State.
February 13, 2013
Thai authorities say they have tightened security measures at the US Consulate in the northern province of Chiang Mai following reports that it was a...
February 13, 2013
The Myanmar government denied on Monday that it attempted to hack into the email accounts of journalists who reported receiving warnings from Google...
February 11, 2013
The announcement by the office of President Thein Sein that a committee will be formed to review political prisoner cases in Burma [Myanmar] could...
February 11, 2013
The tourism sector in Arakan state is suffering from authorities in the tourism department who have barred foreigners visiting Arakan’s ancient City...
February 11, 2013
A flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Burma’s Nasaka (border security force) was held at Dusari Union near the Bangladesh-Burma...
February 11, 2013
T-shirts with a photograph of former Chin state Minister Pu Vumtu Maung are being distributed for free for the upcoming Chin National Day. A youth...
February 11, 2013
Sittwe: The Arakan state government has implemented a project in Arakan state capital Sittwe with 669 homes that are being constructed for Arakanese...

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