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July 28, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan State: A clash between police and villagers occurred yesterday in northern Maungdaw Township after police officers forcibly took...
July 28, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw, Arakan state: Several villagers were injured by Hluntin (riot police) in northern Maungdaw Township on July 22nd because they refused to...
July 28, 2014
| KNG
China's ambassador to Burma, Yang Houlan, has denied a recent news report indicating that a planned train line running from Yunnan to Burma's Rakhine...
July 28, 2014
| Mizzima
An insatiable demand in China for furniture made from rosewood could result in the trees being logged to extinction in Myanmar within three years,...
July 28, 2014
| Mizzima
Medecins Sans Frontieres has expressed cautious optimism about its invitation to resume operations in Rakhine State and hoped to begin work soon...
July 28, 2014
| Mizzima
Myanmar's plans for the future of Rakhine State could result in the "permanent segregation" of its Buddhist and Muslim communities, a United Nations...
July 25, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Ten Rohingyas were arrested and pushed back into Burma by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on July 22nd, according to a local from...
July 25, 2014
| KNG
Senior representatives from 16 of Burma's armed ethnic groups this week arrived in Laiza, the Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) de facto...
July 25, 2014
| Mizzima
The Pyithu Hluttaw has approved a draft bill submitted by its National Races Affairs and Peace Making Committee that provides for the creation of a...
July 25, 2014
| Mizzima
A group of Myanmar workers who said they endured "atrocious" working conditions at two garment factories in China have returned home and been...
July 25, 2014
| Mizzima
Charges have been brought against three people accused of involvement in a fabricated rape claim that sparked three days of communal rioting in...
July 25, 2014
| Mizzima
Ooredoo SIM cards will go on sale in the third week of August, a spokesperson for the telecoms firm told Mizzima on July 23.
July 25, 2014
| Mizzima
In an unexpected move, the Rakhine State Government has invited an international branch of the international medical aid group, Medicins Sans...
July 24, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) will join the upcoming Third Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAO) conference in the...
July 24, 2014
| IMNA
Starting this August, Mon State’s edition of the state-run newspaper Myanma Alinn will include a weekly section written in Mon and other ethnic...