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November 15, 2012
The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released a statement on Tuesday calling on Burma’s neighbors to open their borders to...
November 15, 2012
The President’s Office in Naypyitaw announced on November 15 that it has formed an Information Committee, which will be responsible for the...
November 15, 2012
Exiled Kachin politician Duwa Maran Zau Awng recently sent US president Barack Obama an open letter urging that him not to visit Burma next week...
November 15, 2012
Burmese President Thein Sein will attend the current ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh from Saturday, November 17, and will stay in the country for four...
November 15, 2012
A new agreement to eliminate child soldiers and institute measures to protect children caught in conflict zones in Myanmar has been signed by Swiss...
November 15, 2012
The Burmese government announced on Thursday morning that it would release 452 prisoners as a token of goodwill and a gesture of friendship toward...
November 15, 2012
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) representatives met with Burmese Minister Aung Min in an attempt to iron out several key points during an...
November 14, 2012
Last Friday, eight Burmese government peace negotiators led by President’s Office Minister U Aung Min met with nine representatives of the United...
November 14, 2012
A sergeant from the ethnic armed group Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) was arrested and killed by the Burma Army at Pan Ku village in in...
November 14, 2012
In response to recent media reports that the parliament’s bill committee has been assigned by the lower house speaker U Shwe Mann to look into the...
November 14, 2012
Two Arakanese youths - one a former political prisoner – have been severely tortured in Tamwe Township police station in Rangoon Division.
November 14, 2012
Burmese pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday morning laid a wreath at the tomb of Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi. She was accompanied by Lower...
November 14, 2012
A new road that is being constructed between Matupi Town and Bawiza area will bring much needed development for paddy farmers in the region.
November 14, 2012
The Burma army began repairing the road in Thandaung Township, Karen State at the beginning of November. But the road isn’t being used for the...
November 14, 2012
Thousands of locals enthusiastically greeted the 88 Generation Students Group when it arrived for a three-day tour of Ye Township that concluded...

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