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February 11, 2013
| Mizzima
Environmentalists have called for the formation of a river conservation commission to to cover all Myanmar rivers following the establishment of the...
February 11, 2013
| Kaladan
Five people were murdered and three were wounded by unknown assailants in northern Maungdaw. Although many of the details are hazy it is known that 4...
February 11, 2013
| Mizzima
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has announced that human rights documents including UN conventions will be translated into...
February 11, 2013
| Mizzima
The UN should mediate the upcoming peace talks between the Myanmar government and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO, said Kachin peace broker...
February 11, 2013
| Mizzima
Buyers from Malaysia, Singapore and China are now the major importers of Myanmar’s soft-shell crabs, according to the Myanmar Crab Entrepreneurs...
February 9, 2013
| KNG
In a statement released on Thursday February 7 the UN's Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Burma, Ashok Nigam called on the Thein Sein...
February 9, 2013
| Phophtaw
After years of being in the dark, Myanmar is on the verge of supplying power to several of its more rural areas, courtesy of an interest free loan...
February 9, 2013
| Mizzima
The president of the Asia Development Bank (ADB), Haruhiku Karuda, visited Myanmar for the first time this week and announced a funding program of US...
February 9, 2013
| KNG
Fighting between Burma's military and the armed-wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has continued in Kachin and parts of north eastern...
February 8, 2013
| S.H.A.N
Speaking at a recent meeting at his Loi Taileng base, opposite Maehongson’s Pang Mapha district, Lt-Gen Yawdserk, President of the Restoration...
February 8, 2013
| Narinjara
Sittwe: Nine Arakanese Buddhists were sentenced to one year in prison by Sittwe township court on Thursday for besieging a police station on 3 June...
February 8, 2013
| Mizzima
Buddhist novice U Thazana, 14, who was seriously injured during the Myanmar riot police’s violent crackdown on Latpadaung protesters, is still...
February 8, 2013
| Mizzima
One of Manipur’s main rebel groups, the United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK), has returned from exile after assurances from the Indian...
February 8, 2013
| Mizzima
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners - Burma (AAPP) held an official ceremony on Thursday afternoon to present scholarships to some of...
February 8, 2013
| KNG
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and government to “continue their efforts towards genuine and...