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April 23, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Flying in from Norway two days after the United Ntionalities Federal Council (UNFC) declaration it was ready to meet him, Naypyitaw chief negotiator...
April 23, 2012
| Mizzima
“Hard-line leaders” of the ethnic Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) are to blame for the failure of progress in peace talks, says Burmese state-...
April 23, 2012
| Mizzima
The Burmese government has re-nominated some 59 new military representatives to Parliament under the authority of the Union Election Commission. The...
April 23, 2012
| Narinjara
The ancient city walls in Mrauk-U in western Burma’s Arakan State are reportedly being bulldozed to make way for expansion of the Sittwe-Rangoon road.
April 21, 2012
| Narinjara
Chinese nationals are reportedly planning to extract gold from Peophru Island in the Laymro River in Mrauk-U Township in western Burma’s Arakan State...
April 21, 2012
| KNG
A Burmese immigration officer died Friday following an early morning explosion at a gate located on the edge of Muse's 105-Mile special trade zone in...
April 21, 2012
| S.H.A.N
The 11-member United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) is now ready to parley with Naypyitaw’s chief negotiator U Aung Min, according to the...
April 21, 2012
| Mizzima
Leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) submitted a letter of appeal to Burmese President Thein Sein on Friday to try to resolve the...
April 21, 2012
| Mizzima
Elected representatives of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy are to boycott parliament following a rejection...
April 12, 2012
| Narinjara
The Arakan League for Democracy (ALD), the winning party from the 1990 election in Arakan State, was reportedly granted leave to stand as a political...
April 12, 2012
| Mizzima
In September, Burma's reform-minded President Thein Sein appeared to heed environmental concerns and suspended construction of a controversial China-...
April 12, 2012
| Khonumthung
The offices of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Chin state are being reopened in an attempt to rejuvenate the party in the area after it...
April 12, 2012
| Khonumthung
The agreement between the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) and the RakhineState government to set up an ALP office in Paletwa Town, southern Chin state...
April 11, 2012
| S.H.A.N
With the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, her victory in the April 1 by-elections and the ongoing negotiations with armed opposition movements, many...
April 11, 2012
| Narinjara
The regional headquarters of the Burmese navy known as the Danyawady Naval Base, stationed in Kyaukpru in western Burma’s Arakan State has threatened...