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February 8, 2013
Over 30 Rohingya religious leaders and elders were summoned by state authorities in southern Maungdaw to instruct them on how they would be allowed...
February 8, 2013
Four different Chin youth groups have joined forces to form the Chin Youth Organization (CYO).
February 7, 2013
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) met with representatives of the Burma government’s peace committee on the China Burma border early this...
February 7, 2013
There have been severe rice shortages in Htantlang Township, Chin State due to bad weather and pest attacks, according to MPs from the Chin National...
February 7, 2013
Eleven Rohingya villagers were sentenced to ten years for taking part in the June sectarian in Arakan during a trial in Maungdaw on Tuesday.
February 7, 2013
After facing mounting pressure, both domestically and internationally to allow humanitarian aid to displaced Kachins and Shan affected by the ongoing...
February 7, 2013
Personnel changes are shifting the focus of President Thein Sein’s administration, and helping to mold a more diverse political system for the...
February 7, 2013
Military Affairs Security officers (MAS), also known as Sarapa, arrested three Muslim merchants at the Maungdaw checkpoint. At the time of press, it’...
February 7, 2013
At the same time Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) leaders met with central government representatives for peace talks in the Chinese border...
February 7, 2013
The Myanmar government will form a committee to scrutinize the remaining political prisoners in the country with a view to granting them liberty soon...
February 7, 2013
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) held a short ceremony at their besieged Laiza headquarters to commemorate the anniversary of the group's...
February 7, 2013
It didn’t take much to have the grapevine buzzing with concern. A rumor, said to originate in Myanmar, quickly spread to China. The gist of it was...
February 6, 2013
As talks between Burma's government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) representatives continued this week in the Chinese border city of...
February 6, 2013
Reports of the United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s preparations to build a dam over the Kok that flows from Burma’s Shan State into Thailand and drains...
February 6, 2013
10 Arakanese, who were arrested in June’s violence, were acquitted on Friday from Sittwe Second District Court, said U Aye Maung, who is one of those...

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