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Flag meeting for Boatpeople  in Taungpyo, Maungdaw
June 12, 2015
The Burma Border Guard Police (BGP) handed over 150 rescued Bangladeshi boat-people to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at the Taungpyo border point...
June 11, 2015
A Thai construction company began working on a second Maesot-Myawaddy Friendship Bridge project on the Thai side of the border in early June.
June 10, 2015
The Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute (TNI) Drugs and Democracy Programme has released a report saying that the ongoing peace process raises...
June 10, 2015
Khun Than Cho was worried when the school called to tell her, her daughter, Aye Aye was sick. “I was planting corn with my husband and older son when...
June 10, 2015
Mon State had the second highest performing high school students of any state in this year's matriculation exams, after six years of being the...
June 10, 2015
Poverty is a leading cause in student dropouts across rural Mon schools in Southern Burma, according to a report released by the Woman and Child...
The Press Conference on the Community Concerns about Salween Dams in Shan State held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand
June 10, 2015
A coalition of Shan community based organisations (CBOs) called for a halt to a controversial energy project on the Upper Salween River in Southern...
June 9, 2015
On 5 June the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry summoned the Burmese ambassador in Dhaka over a Rakhine state minister’s comment, which they condemned for...
June 9, 2015
Health professionals on the Thai Burma border are preparing themselves for dengue fever outbreaks in the region as it has been predicted that 2015...
June 9, 2015
Day One. 2 June 2015 17 out of 21 EAOs attend. Chairs: Mutu, N’Banla and Khun Myint Tun. Chair message: NCA will pave the way for political dialogue...
June 9, 2015
The Unity Committee for Karen armed groups held a special meeting to discuss the management and merger of the tollgates run by different Karen armed...
June 8, 2015
Villagers in Karen State have lodged a protest at their local land registration office against applications by companies and investors to take...