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August 30, 2016
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), an alliance of ethnic armed groups, decided during last-week’s emergency meeting that it will attend...
Nai Ngwe Thein delivering a speech at MNP’s Tamwe Township office opening (Photo: MNA)
August 30, 2016
Mon National Party (MNP), a major Mon political party, opened a township-level branch office in Tamwe Township, Rangoon, on Sunday with the intention...
August 30, 2016
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) chairperson, Khun Htun Oo and Gen Say Htin, patron of the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (...
August 30, 2016
The Burma Army continued offensives against the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) Battalion 9 this Sunday in northern Shan State despite that the...
August 30, 2016
A committee has been formed to oppose the Arakan State Advisory Commission that was announced in Rangoon several days ago.
August 30, 2016
India and Myanmar (also known as Burma) reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two friendly neighbours. In...
August 29, 2016
Shan and Ta’ang (also called Palaung) youth met for a workshop to devise strategies to build peace between the two communities.
August 29, 2016
Karen parties that failed to secure seats in the 2015 General Election want representation at the Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century...
Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo talks to media at a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar on 20 July 2016.
August 29, 2016
Myanmar's army chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has reshuffled top posts in the army, Reuters reported on 26 August. The reshuffle saw the...
August 29, 2016
Less than a week ahead of Burma’s historic 21st Century Panglong Conference, the Burmese army has launched an offensive against the Shan...
August 29, 2016
An alliance of political parties in Kachin State has demanded that the Burma Army stop its offensives that are happening in advance of the Union...
UK Minister Rory Stewart. Photo: GOV.UK
August 29, 2016
Visiting UK Minister Rory Stewart has expressed his optimism over Myanmar’s future and called for patience as the Myanmar government attempts to deal...