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December 14, 2013
| KNG
The next round of meetings of the United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC), an alliance of Burma’s armed ethnic groups, won’t happen until...
December 14, 2013
| Narinjara
Altogether 11 Arakanese Buddhists were released on bail from Thandwe prison in the last fortnight as they completed nearly two months behind bars...
December 13, 2013
| Narinjara
Major fire broke out at a refugee camp in Pauk Taw township of Arakan on December 12 afternoon destroying at least 34 makeshift buildings (similar to...
December 13, 2013
| Mizzima
OPPOSITION leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has repeated her call for changes to the 2008 Constitution, saying delays in amending the charter are...
December 13, 2013
| Kaladan Press
During a recent flag meeting, Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) released more than five prisoners to Burma border immigration, while Burma handed over...
December 13, 2013
| KNG
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) accused government soldiers of shooting and stealing food from internally displaced persons (IDP). A statement posted on FBR...
December 12, 2013
| Narinjara
Burma and Bangladesh exchanged few prisoners in a director level flag meeting held in a border village of Bangladesh on December 10 last, which also...
December 12, 2013
| Mizzima
A CIVIL society group says it provided free funerals for about 12,000 poor people up until December 11, down slightly from 13,507 in 2012.
December 11, 2013
| Mizzima
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Myanmar Police Force began a four-day seminar on international policing standards in the Rakhine...
December 11, 2013
| S.H.A.N
A Shan State born researcher who had released a report a decade earlier that there were 58 ‘national races’ in Burma, yesterday issued a new report...
December 11, 2013
| Narinjara
The electrification network in Burma (now known as Myanmar) is expected to improve with a $60 million loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB), which...
December 11, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Maungdaw township administration officers have extorted money from several couples wishing to be wed alleged an anonymous community leader.
December 9, 2013
| IMNA
A concert to honour the 30th anniversary of the Gita Mon music band will draw modern Mon musicians to Thanbyuzayat Town in Mon state.
December 9, 2013
| Mizzima
Leaders of 17 ethnic armed groups in Myanmar will gather again in Hlaingbwe, southeastern Kayin state, on Dec. 18 for a three-day conference ahead of...
December 9, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Prices of essential food items such as rice, onions, vegetables and fish have increased in Maungdaw Townships’ markets, said an anonymous source.