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June 18, 2012
When Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Dublin on Monday to attend the “Electric Burma” concert and to receive the Amnesty International Ambassador of...
June 18, 2012
With unrest in Burma’s Rakhine State, many Muslims and Buddhist are now unable to receive adequate health care, says Médecins Sans Frontières, which...
June 18, 2012
Fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burma's armed forces broke out today in at least five different places in northern Shan state...
June 18, 2012
The Karenni National Progressive Party met and discussed with Community-Based-Organizations (CBO) from Loikaw Town in mid June to set up a ‘peace-...
June 18, 2012
One of the after effects of the more than a week-long sectarian violence in Burma’s Arakan state was the postponement of peace negotiations with at...
June 16, 2012
(Text) – Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, Distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Dear Friends,
June 16, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi delivered what Nobel Prize officials are calling one of the most historic addresses in the prestigious history of the awards in Oslo...
June 15, 2012
Paddy farmers from Indawgyi lake area in Mohnyin District in southwest Kachin State are finding it increasly difficult to survive as rice prices have...
June 15, 2012
Now that 12 armed opposition movements have concluded ceasefire agreements, some donor agencies and governments think humanitarian assistance to the...
June 15, 2012
Residents in Burma’s Tenasserim Division claim government authorities have begun registering thousands of illegally imported motorbikes from Thailand.
June 15, 2012
The Italian-Thai Development Company has made a second compensation payment to Karen villagers affected by the Dawei-Kanchanaburi road construction...
June 15, 2012
Burma’s minister for border affairs, accompanied by the top U.N. Burma envoy and Islam leaders, visited Maungtaw in Rakhine State on Thursday, where...
June 15, 2012
The sectarian violence in western Burma's Rakhine state underscores the need for the rule of law, clear rules on citizenship, and "responsible"...
June 14, 2012
A Kachin youth group conducted workshops on health education yesterday in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Myitkyina, and Waingmaw (...
June 14, 2012
More appeals for international focus on the plight of the stateless Rohingyas of Burma are being made daily. The latest is a call by five Asian human...

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