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February 8, 2013
| Kaladan
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
| Khonumthung
Four different Chin youth groups have joined forces to form the Chin Youth Organization (CYO).
February 7, 2013
| KIC
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
| Mizzima
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
| Kaladan
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
| Phophtaw
After facing mounting pressure, both domestically and internationally to allow humanitarian aid to displaced Kachins and Shan affected by the ongoing...
February 7, 2013
| Phophtaw
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
| Kaladan
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
| KNG
At the same time Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) leaders met with central government representatives for peace talks in the Chinese border...
February 7, 2013
| Mizzima
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
| KNG
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
| Mizzima
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
| KNG
As talks between Burma's government and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) representatives continued this week in the Chinese border city of...
February 6, 2013
| S.H.A.N
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
| Narinjara
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...