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May 31, 2016
A man was hospitalised after police officers allegedly handcuffed him to a pole and beat him up in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State.
May 31, 2016
A 4 men team to hold peace talks with ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) yet to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will be arriving in...
May 31, 2016
The Mon History Research Association have welcomed the recognition of the Mya Zedi stone inscription by the international body, Memory of the World (...
A general view of Yangon city with a Myanmar flag flying on a building in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
May 31, 2016
The Myanmar Parliament should repeal legal provisions that empower authorities to conduct warrantless searches of private homes and require all...
Members of three Chin political parties meet up to discuss a merger.
May 30, 2016
Three Chin political parties – the Chin Progressive Party (CPP), the Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP), and the Chin League for Democracy (CLD...
State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi (C, back) speaks to members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee during a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 May 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
May 30, 2016
<p>The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) has pledged to hold the 21st century Panglong conference successfully, agreeing to put...
May 30, 2016
The Norwegian state owned company, Statkraft Norfund Power Invest or SN Power, concluded an MOU for a project known as the Middle Yeywa dam with the...
SNLD M.P. Sai Wan Leng Kham Visits an IDP Camp in Lashio
May 30, 2016
After visiting families in a Lashio internally displaced people (IDP) camp last week Sai Wan Leng Kham, a Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (...
May 30, 2016
Karen National Union leaders has called for respective state and regional governments to recognized land rights and policies that are already in...
May 30, 2016
The Karen Youth Organization celebrated its 27th anniversary at Natchaung Village in Kyainseikgyi Township on 25 May where its leader said that today...
May 30, 2016
According to a report by Chin state government, it will review all the tenders by contracts in past years and the companies who got many complaints...
Plagued by war for decades - Here Karen villagers (small figures in foreground) arrive at safety along the Salween River after fleeing their homes in April 2006. Photo: Free Burma Rangers/EPA
May 30, 2016
The Salween Peace Park in Myanmar’s Kayin State aims to turn a former battlefield into a national park where wildlife will be protected.