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May 23, 2016
During a press conference today in Nay Pyi Taw with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi called on the...
May 18, 2016
The UNAIDS country coordinator has urged the Myanmar government, legislative bodies and people, not to discriminate against the LGBT community and to...
May 13, 2016
New laws will soon be enacted to restrict jade production within the Lonekhin and Hpakant mining blocks in Kachin State, state media reported on 12...
May 13, 2016
The new US ambassador to Myanmar H.E. Mr. Scot Marciel reportedly said that he would be cautious in using the term ‘Rohingya’ which was not liked by...
May 12, 2016
Without using the word “Rohingya” directly, U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel underlined the right to self-identity for the Rohingya minority in Rakhine...
May 11, 2016
On 7-8 May 2016, an estimated 1,600 people left their villages in Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships in Shan State following heightened tensions between...
May 11, 2016
Residents in the Myitsone Dam project area have urged President Htin Kyaw and the new government to end the Myitsone project so that relocated...
May 11, 2016
Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi said the Government has plans to take care of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.
May 10, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama should renew sanctions authority on Myanmar for at least another year due to ongoing egregious human rights violations...
May 10, 2016
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed the need to focus on the participation of all stakeholders in the country’s national reconciliation...
May 9, 2016
Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has urged the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State...
May 9, 2016
The following is a statement of the 4th Myanmar Opium Farmers’ Forum held in Loikaw, Kayah State on 9 May 2016.
