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July 6, 2012
A Thai deputy prime minister said Burmese President Thein Sein will arrive in Thailand for an official visit on July 22-24.
July 6, 2012
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has rejected the Burmese government’s invitation to meet in July in a government-controlled area in Bhamo...
July 6, 2012
Despite a ceasefire agreement being in place between Karen soldiers and the Burma Army, fighting broke out in Thandaung Township, Karen State on 27th...
July 6, 2012
Local ethnic Arakanese victims of the recent violent unrest who are currently taking shelter in seven emergency camps in Maungdaw Township in Arakan...
July 5, 2012
Most Mon teachers working at Mon National Schools in the New Mon State Party (NMSP) controlled areas need higher salaries to alleviate hardships...
July 5, 2012
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) yesterday refuted SHAN report on 11 June that it has been purchasing arms from North Korea.
July 5, 2012
The resignation of a top hardliner in the Burmese government marks the start of a cabinet reshuffle designed to speed up democratic and economic...
July 5, 2012
Many local Arakanese ethnic nationalities in Buthidaung and Maungdaw Townships in northern Arakan State say they do not want foreign NGOs, including...
July 4, 2012
Intense fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese military near a rubber plantation in Nalung in Bhamo (Manmaw in Kachin)...
July 4, 2012
Burma’s President, U Thein Sein, granted an amnesty on Tuesday that saw the release of 24 political prisoners out of a total of 80 prisoners who were...
July 4, 2012
The Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), as the SSA North is officially designated, whose Kawng Maihoong base in Monghsu township...
July 4, 2012
Burma’s Max Myanmar Group, a domestic partner in the Dawei deep-sea port and industrial complex, officially said on Wednesday it was pulling out of...
July 4, 2012
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday she would travel to Asian countries if invited, following her return from a five-country...
July 4, 2012
A house of a local Arakanese was burned down in an arson attack yesterday in Sittwe, the Capital of Arakan State.
July 4, 2012
Military Operation Command 9, or Sa-Ka-Ka 9, based in Kyauktaw has filed charges against three farmers from Palaepauk, also known as Balipauk Village...

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