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December 9, 2013
| Phophtaw
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) recently organized a security sector reform meeting attended by various organizations and...
December 7, 2013
| Mizzima
The chairman of a parliamentary environment committee has expressed support for resuming work on the Chinese-backed Myitsone dam on the Ayeyarwady...
December 7, 2013
Former military commander-in-chief and patron of the National League for Democracy, U Tin Oo, has criticised moves by the Obama administration for...
December 7, 2013
| S.H.A.N
A drug refinery raided and seized by government authorities on 20 November was actually owned and operated by a Burma Army run People’s Militia Force...
December 6, 2013
| Narinjara
Indian Union government has asked to stop the ongoing border fencing work with Burma (Myanmar) across Manipur in northeast India.
December 6, 2013
| မဇ္ဈိမ
The Foreign Investment Department is considering combining the foreign and Myanmar citizens’ investment laws, its director in chief, U Aung Naing Oo...
December 6, 2013
| Mizzima
The government plans to support rice farmers by buying more than 100,000 tonnes of the staple in the coming weeks, the chairman of the buffer stock...
December 4, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Rohingya fishermen from southern Maungdaw have been blocked by high level authorities from using their boats in the sea, said an anonymous fisherman...
December 4, 2013
| Mizzima
The government has no plans to provide special support for veterans who fought for Myanmar’s independence, Presidential spokesperson U Ye Htut said...
December 4, 2013
| IMNA
Ethnic groups have a strong distrust of the Burmese government, and it is now necessary for President U Thein Sein to move past the rhetoric and...
December 4, 2013
| Mizzima
The remaining 82 people in Myanmar’s jails who are regarded as being political prisoners will be assessed in the coming weeks to determine if they...
December 3, 2013
| Mizzima
The second round of nationwide ceasefire talks between Myanmar government and 17 ethnic armed groups scheduled for late this month has been put off...
December 3, 2013
| Mizzima
A spokesperson from the Bahan Township police station told Mizzima on 1December that the station is opening an investigation into a protest that...
December 3, 2013
| Kaladan Press
Five drug suspects that were being held in jail in Maungdaw town for 15 months were recently unconditionally released. Four police officers and one...
November 30, 2013
| KNG
In an interview with ABC public broadcaster in Australia on Thursday during a trip to the country, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi claimed...