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February 19, 2015
The situation in Kachin State remains tense after a recent round of shelling directed at the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)'s armed wing last...
KBC Urges Churches Worldwide to Pray for Murdered Teachers
February 19, 2015
The Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) has issued a call for churches worldwide to hold fasting and prayer sessions in order to bring justice in the...
February 19, 2015
Parents and education service providers of migrant communities in the Thai border town of Mae Sot are struggling to continue sending their children...
Press Conference: The Long Road to Recovery: Ethnic and Community-Based Organisations Leading the Way to Better Health in Eastern Burma, at FCCT 19 February 2015 (Photo-U Soe Aung)
February 19, 2015
A new report by a network of ethnic community health organisations was released today at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, Bangkok. The...
Refugees in Lashio
February 19, 2015
Over 4,000 refugees have sheltered in Mong-Su monastery, in Lashio Town, Northern Shan State since fighting started on 9th February in and around...
Refugees from the Fighting in Lashio Town
February 18, 2015
The Kokang Democratic Party, on behalf of displaced residents, has urged government forces and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)...
Conscription Letter from RCSS/SSA
February 18, 2015
Over one hundred young men have fled their homes in Mong Kung Township because they are scared that they will be conscripted by the Restoration...
February 17, 2015
Among the ethnic armed groups invited to attend the Union day celebrations in Naypyidaw on 12 February one Shan and three Karen groups signed a...
February 17, 2015
Phyo Wai Aung & Thida Aung – The government and armed groups should urgently negotiate and arrange to clear the many landmines on the Thanlwin...
February 17, 2015
Narinjara News has learnt that Arakan Army (AA) forces have been involved in clashes with the Burma Army in Laukkai Town and other areas of the...
Paka Gate, Loikaw
February 16, 2015
11 February 2015 – Karenni village election commissions have started collecting lists of voters in preparation for the forthcoming 2015 general...
Minister Says Locals Should Be Compensated for Confiscated Land
February 16, 2015
Hpa-an residents who lost 40 acres of their land to a construction project in the town’s industrial zone want compensation from the government for...