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October 20, 2014
The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), an independent community based human rights organisation, has called for all armed sides in Burma to hold...
October 20, 2014
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has urged the government army to stop launching offensives immediately, as [the] groups engaged in...
October 20, 2014
The Chatrium Hotel denies wrong doing and will challenge the legal action instigated by the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) over the...
October 20, 2014
A Search for Lineage Rejuvenates Yangon's Armenian Community Earlier this month Yangon’s oldest church held a ceremony rich in colour and ritual...
October 20, 2014
Not enough Myanmar companies are benefiting from foreign investment in the oil and gas sector, said Parami Energy group chairman and chief executive...
October 20, 2014
Hilton Worldwide became the first American hotel chain to operate in Myanmar since the easing of US sanctions, when it held the official opening of...
October 20, 2014
The general election due to be held late next year is widely considered to be an important milestone in the transition towards democracy, but there...
October 20, 2014
Myanmar coach Gerd Zeise “took his hat off” to his players who have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time in the nation’s history...
October 20, 2014
The Myanmar Investment Commission announced the decision to designate a new economic zone within the Kokang self-administrative zone, Shan State, on...
October 20, 2014
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha has agreed to allow British police to help with the investigation into the murder of two young Britons on the...
October 20, 2014
More than 650 representatives of Myanmar’s civil society organisations came together for a forum of meetings in Yangon and to issue a damning report...
October 20, 2014
Former Union Minister for Religious Affairs U Hsan Hsint was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by Dekkhina District Court on 17th October after...
October 20, 2014
The mother of one of the Myanmar men accused of murdering two British tourists in Thailand has said her son is a "scapegoat", the BBC reported on...
October 20, 2014
Political Parties Struggle to Raise Campaign Funds Many political parties eager to compete in the general election due to be held next year are...
October 20, 2014
Pabedan Township Court in Yangon has sentenced three journalists and the two owners of the now-closed Bi Mon Te Nay journal to two years in prison...

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