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November 18, 2015
Southeast Asian leaders meeting this week in Malaysia must urgently prioritize a coordinated plan to help the thousands of asylum seekers and...
November 18, 2015
Khine Nwe Oo — U Aye Min, chairman of Dawei Nationalities Party (DNP), said his party will join hands with the National League for Democracy (NLD) to...
November 17, 2015
Amnesty International and FIDH have call on all UN member states to recognize the continued need for a resolution on the situation of human rights in...
November 17, 2015
Welcoming the recent elections in Myanmar as ‘a new chapter in the country’s history,’ United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee today reaffirmed...
November 17, 2015
San Maung Than — Candidates in Arakan State that contested Sittwe Township constituency during the recent election reported being satisfied with...
November 17, 2015
Htoe Myar — The winning candidate for Burmese Affairs Minister position pledged to work with the National League for Democracy (NLD) which took most...
November 16, 2015
The Myanmar peace process is so complicated and involves so many actors that even those involved in the process sometimes turn to the Myanmar Peace...
November 16, 2015
Burma’s Union Election Commission now have announced all the results of the November 8 polls and Aung San Su Kyi’s National League for Democracy have...
November 16, 2015
A Burmese Vice President has been accused of vote rigging in Burma’s general election by the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) and the...
Internally displaced refugees arrive in Laikha, central Shan State. (Photo: Facebook)
November 16, 2015
The Burma Army fired long-range mortar shells at a high school in Kesi Township serving as a safe house for internally displaced civilians (IDPs) for...
November 16, 2015
After Burma's 8 November elections the Burma Border Guard Police (BGP) has resumed extorting money from Rohingyas travelling between Maungdaw Town...
November 16, 2015
The Maungdaw Rohingya community held a silent demonstration on election day (8 November) by staying indoors and not using their vehicles according to...