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UPDJC meeting at NRPC in Yangon on 17 September 2016. Photo: Soe Thu Aung/Mizzima
September 19, 2016
The Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD) was reviewed at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon Saturday as part of ongoing efforts...
Workers in a jade mining area in Hpakant, Kachin State.
September 19, 2016
After announcing that all economic sanctions on Myanmar will be lifted, the U.S. must urgently set out its plan to support fledgling reforms in the...
ethnic groups’ flags seen flying by one another at Mai Ja Yang summit (Photo: Kachinland News)
September 19, 2016
The 21st Panglong Peace Conference has been completed in Myanmar. The public expects genuine peace, unity, liberty and equity by the end of the...
September 17, 2016
Representatives of the Myanmar Military proposed to set Karen State as a pilot area for removing landmines at the Union Joint Ceasefire Monitoring...
September 17, 2016
After a three day conference the Karenni State Youth Policy Drafting Forum has released a draft version of the Karenni State Youth Policy.
September 16, 2016
The Karen National Union (KNU) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Myanmar held awareness-training to help prevent the recruitment of...
September 16, 2016
Burma’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism recently announced that it plans to turn the compound of Yawnghwe Palace into a marketplace.
IDPs in Myaing Gyi Ngu
September 16, 2016
The Hpa-an-based Phalon Education Development Unit (PEDU) has donated over 10 million kyats (approx $8,170 USD) worth of food and other supplies to...
September 15, 2016
Burmese Government have been criticised by a frontline human rights organisation after a village in Chin State was bulldozed.
September 15, 2016
The following is the official statement from the Oval Office. PRESIDENT OBAMA: It is an extraordinary pleasure for me to welcome State Counselor Aung...
September 15, 2016
The following is the official statement from the Oval Office. PRESIDENT OBAMA: It is an extraordinary pleasure for me to welcome State Counselor Aung...
September 15, 2016
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Man Win IDP Camp face food shortages because the Burma Army prevented trucks containing a month’s supply of...