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January 11, 2012
The Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) leader Lt-Gen Yawdserk said yesterday the people must be allowed and encouraged to...
January 11, 2012
The continued detention of more than 1,000 prisoners of conscience remains a major concern.
January 10, 2012
Salt producers in Mon State say they are facing heavy financial losses this year as salt prices plummet to below 50kyat a viss (a viss is equal to...
January 10, 2012
PKDS president Nsang Tu Awng gave welcome speech to Kachin representatives in the Chiang Mai Meeting on January 3. A coalition of Kachin exiles...
January 10, 2012
A large area of land northwest of Namkham has been reserved for the construction of a massive oil tank before crossing the Mao-Shweli river into...
January 9, 2012
Churches and Buddhist monasteries in the Hpakant (or Hpakan) jade mining area of Burma's northern Kachin State have taken in nearly 1,000 refugees...
January 9, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi was named chair of the National League for Democracy central executive committee and Tin Oo chair of the NLD patron committee on...
January 9, 2012
Maungdaw, Arakan State: A village administration office staff member forced Rohingya villagers to pay 200 kyat for a photocopy of a document required...
January 9, 2012
The Australian Government is revising its Burma sanctions list and reducing the number of individuals to whom it applies. The changes are an...
January 9, 2012
The No. 2 Electrical Power Ministry Minister Zaw Min said on Monday that a 4,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant project to built in the Dawei...
January 9, 2012
Local youth reportedly launched a brochure campaign on 4 January that demands relocation of the seaport being constructed by India in Sittwe, the...
January 9, 2012
Unnamed Chinese “friends” have presented two of the Shan State Army (SSA) south’s most well-known leaders with New Year gifts of China’s most...
January 9, 2012
Burma is ready to offer nine offshore energy blocks to bidders, after successfully awarding 10 onshore oil and gas blocks to eight companies,...
January 9, 2012
The following is the unofficial translation of the preliminary peace agreement between the Chin National Front and the Chin State Government...
January 9, 2012
88-Generation students told the visiting British foreign secretary before he left Burma the National Defence and Security Council is more powerful...

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