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Representatives from the Shan community present a petition opposing the Mongton Dam to SMEC at their office in Yangon on 25 August 2015. (Photo by Action for Shan State Rivers)
August 26, 2015
Shan community representatives who organised a petition opposing the construction of the Mong Ton (Tasang) Dam on the Salween (Thanlwin) River have...
August 25, 2015
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) representatives have said that the organisation will not be taking sides in the...
August 24, 2015
A seminar was held at Chiangmai’s Uniserv Hotel on 22 August to discuss the opening of a new border checkpoint between Chiangmai and Burma’s Shan...
August 17, 2015
The government negotiator U Aung Min urged representatives from the United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement...
Kokang leader Peng Jiasheng with the Burmese strongman Gen Khin Nyunt (Photo: Show Time book)
August 7, 2015
The Transnational Institute (TNI), an Amsterdam-based international research and advocacy institute, last month released a 22 page briefing paper...
July 21, 2015
Coincidentally, an International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies is being held in Chiang Mai on 24 to 26 July as the city plays host to the...
July 21, 2015
By curious coincidence, the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies, the first in Chiangmai, 24-26 July, is due to be held on the same days...
July 18, 2015
Sources recently returning from Naypyitaw say generals who have been participating in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) negotiations with the...
National Reconciliation, which agreed to start a parallel framework for political dialogue process, held at Rangoon’s Inya Lake Hotel, 9 May 2015. (Photo: mitv)
July 17, 2015
The draft framework for political dialogue (FPD) is now almost completed according to reports coming from the FPD consultations in Rangoon, which...
July 16, 2015
The United Wa State Party/Army (UWSP/UWSA) should be one of the signatories of the planned Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), said U Aung Min,...
July 10, 2015
After a young woman rejected the sexual advances of an apparently drunk Burma Army officer he later threatened the woman and her family in Laikha...
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July 8, 2015
A 70-year-old woman died while collecting firewood near a Burma Army compound in Northern Shan State. A 70-year-old woman died after stepping on a...