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July 20, 2016
Khu Oo Reh, spokesperson for the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), press conference on 18...
Delegates pay their respects on Martyrs' Day July 19 in Yangon. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
July 20, 2016
The National League for Democracy Central Executive Committee issued a statement on the 69th anniversary of Martyrs' Day on July 19 saying violence...
July 18, 2016
More than a thousand local residents in northern Shan State’s Lashio Township on Saturday staged a protest demanding an end to the arbitrary killing...
July 18, 2016
The leadership of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) has expressed shock over the death of their vice-chairman, Sai Saw Aung, who was...
Kachin Independence Army soldiers at the frontline (Photo: Zen Myat/Karen News)
July 18, 2016
The ongoing conflict in Shan and Kachin State is escalating, according to frontline humanitarian organization, Free Burma Rangers, with two civilians...
July 18, 2016
Delegates from ethnic political parties and women groups are to be invited to the plenary ethnic armed groups’ summit scheduled to be held from July...
Ayeyarwady Myitsone, near Myitsone dam project in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar on 6 March, 2016. Photo: Theingi Tun/Mizzima
July 18, 2016
Just a few months before 2012 by-elections, a group of concerned citizens worried about the fate of Myitsone gathered together at a location...
July 18, 2016
A villager was shot and killed during a raid by New Mon State Party (NMSP) troops last Thursday, in Kanni Village, Karen State’s Kawkareik Township.
State Counselor and UNFC leaders (Photo: Hla Maung Shwe)
July 18, 2016
Senior delegates from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) met with State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time yesterday at...
July 18, 2016
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it And-what is more-...
July 18, 2016
Following the suspension of the Nongpha Dam last week by Burma’s Ministry of Finance and Planning, several Shan politicians and activists have voiced...
Flood victims in Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region in 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
July 18, 2016
Communities hit hard by the floods and landslides that devastated areas of Myanmar in 2015 will receive assistance for resilient road reconstruction...