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March 19, 2014
| S.H.A.N
More than one and a half years after agreement was reached in Kengtung, between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and...
March 19, 2014
| Mizzima
Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann says action is needed by the government and the parliament to ensure that villagers who cut timber for their...
March 19, 2014
| Mizzima
A petition demanding an immediate halt to six dam projects on the Thanlwin River will be sent to President U Thein Sein and the Chinese and Thai...
March 19, 2014
| Mizzima
A coalition representing Myanmar’s main armed ethnic groups will meet this week to choose its representatives on a committee tasked with drafting a...
March 18, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Yawdserk, leader of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), has dismissed allegations made through the Thai media that he...
March 18, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Lt-Gen Yawdserk, leader of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), yesterday denied his movement has any intention of...
March 18, 2014
| Mizzima
Protests against the term ‘Rohingya’ being allowed as an ethnic category in the forthcoming census were held throughout Rakhine State on March 16.
March 18, 2014
| Mizzima
President U Thein Sein has expressed hope during a visit to Kachin State that a legacy of his term in office will be a peaceful Myanmar.
March 17, 2014
| Narinjara
The lawmaking body of Arakan has passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the activities of all unregistered NGOs in the western Burma State.
March 15, 2014
| Mizzima
Youth activists demanded more rights for students on March 13 as they marked the 26th anniversary of the death of a Rangoon Institute of Technology...
March 15, 2014
| IMNA
Mon Women at the Mon Women’s Conference (MNC) proposed an eight-point plan to improve women’s rights and get them more involved in leadership and...
March 14, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Due to construction of the highway from Hsenwi to Kunlong, scores of villages have been affected but without compensation.
March 14, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Crisis in Thailand, particularly the problematic rice pledging scheme, dubbed “a perfect storm”, means “less durability” in overall Thai-Burmese...
March 14, 2014
| Narinjara
Protesting against some ‘Bengali’ people’s initiative to change their titles in the nation-wide Burmese census, many city dwellers of Kyauk Pru in...
March 14, 2014
| Mizzima
A tourist management plan has been launched for the Inlay Lake region by two specialist development organisations, it was announced this week.