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August 29, 2019
KARENNI LAND CONFISCATION: Government’s land reform amendment and its...
On August 20, a 45-page “Federal land administration still a long way in the country’s land reform sector report” was released by Kayah Human Rights...
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68th Karen Martyrs’ Day Bri 5 | facebook : Wild Bird
August 15, 2019
KAREN MARTYRS’ DAY: Monopoly concept of the term “martyr” by NLD-led...
Amid official warning from the authorities not to use the term “martyr” in Ayeyarwady and Yangon, on the occasion of honouring the Karen fallen...
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Former MP Hla Swe insults Prophet Muhammad as terrorist bomber – Myanmar Muslim Media
August 13, 2019
ANTI-US RALLY IN YANGON: Bullet Hla Swe an instigator or a diehard...
On 3 August, in front of the Yangon City Hall, former lieutenant colonel Hla Swe sporting camouflage fatigues, complete with matching military beret...
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Photo Opportunity: The Secretary-General with H.E. General Thein Sein, Prime Minister Myanmar
August 1, 2019
Ex-president pioneer of free press in Burma
From 1962 up to 2011, Burma or Myanmar was a pariah state in every sense of the word. But this perception has drastically changed ever since...
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Thousands gather in downtown Yangon on Wednesday morning to show their support for the Charter Amendment Committee’s report. / Aung Kyaw Htet / The Irrawaddy
July 23, 2019
THE SHOWDOWN BEGINS: Constitutional amendment debacles
Following the July 15, 45-member constitutional reform committee submission to the Union Parliament, in a report which includes over 3,700...
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June 24, 2019
BURMA’S CIVIL WAR IN ARAKAN: Achieving military victory through crime...
Burma or Myanmar ethnic conflict wars are fought by the military or Tatmadaw using coded colors. White is an insurgent free government control area...
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May 27, 2019
Displaced Shan villagers along Shan-Thai border in limbo
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) and Shan State Refugee Committee-Thai Border (SSRC-TB) published a new report “Shrinking refuge: new threats...
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April 1, 2019
UWSA SALES PITCH: Confederacy promotion the main thrust of 30th...
United Wa State Army (UWSA) planned 30th anniversary of signing ceasefire with the then military government is scheduled to be held from April 15 to...
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March 1, 2019
YONGBANG SEZ: Mongla, cryptocurrency and sovereignty
Lately, the creation of Yongbang Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Mongla, Shan State has become the much talk about subject locally and internationally...
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February 7, 2019
Shan State re-emerges as illicit narcotics production center
It seems Shan State’s stigma of being the epicenter of narcotics production won’t go away easily even after nearly three decades of Afghanistan took...
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January 17, 2019
My Father’s Memoir to his Children
My father, Sao Hseng Ong (1926-2012), was the second son of Sao Shwe Thaike, the Sao Hpa Long of Yawnghwe, and the first President of Burma and Sao...
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December 13, 2018
Dam-building in Shan State: Militarization and subjugation the main...
On December 5, Shan communities and local Members of Parliaments held a press conference in Yangon, City Hotel, to call for an immediate cancellation...
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