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September 16, 2014
| KIC
The government-backed Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) met with the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN), that represents 28 Karen community based...
September 15, 2014
| IMNA
U San Lin, leader of the Dhammazedi Bell Salvage Team, announced in a recent press release that the team has succeeded in finding the Great...
September 15, 2014
| KIC
Medics working with civilians displaced by fighting in Kachin State are struggling to cope because of a lack of resources – community based...
September 15, 2014
| Narinjara
The prolonged night curfew, which was imposed in Arakan State’s capital city Sittwe in June 2012, has finally been lifted by the Rakhine State...
September 15, 2014
| Mizzima
An overnight curfew imposed more than two years ago on Sittway and Kyaukphyu townships in Rakhine State was lifted on September 11, a state...
September 15, 2014
| Mizzima
The state owned Myanmar Timber Enterprise has harvested over 600,000 tonnes of teak and other hardwood’s for sale in the 2014-15 fiscal year, says...
September 15, 2014
| Mizzima
A report by the Asian Development Bank has predicted the gross domestic product of Myanmar could reach as high as 9.5 percent by 2030, which would...
September 15, 2014
| Mizzima
Development activities in Rakhine State will be allocated more than K1 billion (US$1 million) during the 2014-2015 fiscal year from President U Thein...
September 15, 2014
| Mizzima
Thailand's coup leader and premier Prayuth Chan-Ocha will visit Myanmar on his first official overseas trip, an official said on September 12, as the...
September 15, 2014
| KIC
The decision by the leadership of the Karen National Union to suspend membership from the United Nationalities Federal Council in August has been met...
September 12, 2014
| KNG
Burmese billionaire tycoon Tay Za is leading the search and rescue effort to find two Burmese climbers who have apparently lost their way on a...
September 12, 2014
| Translated by BNI
Karenni National Peace and Development Party (KNPDP), also known as Kayawni group, returned its grabbing-land to local inhabitants on12 August, 2014...
September 12, 2014
| KIC
More than 30 ethnic Karen community based organizations, including environmental watchdogs and civil society organizations, have criticized a...
September 12, 2014
| KIC
A coalition of Shan community based organizations has said a moratorium on resource extraction is urgently needed until there is nationwide peace and...
September 12, 2014
| KIC
The renowned Karen artist, Saw Kyaw La Thein, while on a visit to Australia called on the Karen diaspora to preserve Karen culture.