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July 23, 2016
The eight armed groups that signed last year’s nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) have pledged to find solutions for non-signatory groups to be...
July 22, 2016
A man and his eight-year-old daughter were seriously injured by a landmine explosion on Monday when they went into a forest to cut firewood in...
July 22, 2016
Participants at the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) Summit scheduled to be held in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, have agreed to focus primarily on a...
People crossing a busy road in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, 03 July 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 22, 2016
Data on religion from the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census has been made publicly available by the Government of Myanmar. The United...
July 22, 2016
Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo, the serving chief of Burma’s military intelligence, confirmed yesterday that government soldiers were indeed responsible for the...
July 22, 2016
Ramannyarattha Buddhism University, a new university in Mon State, started offering its Diploma in Buddhism.
July 21, 2016
Plans for a Karen National Union (KNU) led public discussion on state-level land policies has been scrapped after the Karen State government didn’t...
July 21, 2016
All of Myanmar’s ethnic armed groups must be able to attend the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (Union Peace Conference), said Khu Oo Reh,...
July 21, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi on a lot of occasions said that the rule of law within the context of military-drafted, 2008 constitution should be adhered in...
July 21, 2016
After a three-day meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the eight signatory armed groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement have vowed to seek...
UNFC leaders and DPN members held a meeting on July 19 to prepare for the meeting with government delegates at Khum Phucome Hotel in Chiang Mai. Photo: Phanida
July 21, 2016
The Union Peace Conference or 21st Century Panglong Conference Preparatory Committee and Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) are meeting today...
July 21, 2016
Karen State based political parties and civil society groups said that they are not invited to take part at the state level Joint Monitoring...