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The area of clashes seen from Kyaung Lwel Set (Photo by SSM)
July 12, 2018
The Tatmadaw has been reinforcing a large number of troops in both Hispaw and Mong Kung townships in the southern Shan State and border of the...
Delegates pose for photograph at the opening of the 21st Century Panglong (third session) (Photo – MNA)
July 12, 2018
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) vice-chair Nai Hong Sar said the basic principles of democracy and federal system cannot be finalized by holding...
July 12, 2018
National solidarity should be built in the union through freedom, equality, and justice between the ethnic people and not through military pressure...
The villagers flee from their homes in Ham Ngai, Mong Kung Township, southern Shan State. Photo: Mizzima
July 12, 2018
While the third 21st Century Panglong Conference is being held in Naypyitaw, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) which has signed the...
Rakhine National Party (RNP) Vice-Chairperson Aye Nuu Sein speaks during the third session of the 'Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong' in Nay Pyi Taw on 11 July 2018. Photo: Mizzima
July 12, 2018
Rakhine National Party (RNP) Vice-Chairperson Aye Nuu Sein said at the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference that started on 11 July...
Rural residents seek shelter at Oak Su Monastery due to the Tatmadaw’s military offensives against the RCSS/SSA base in Mong Kung Township (Photo: SSM)
July 11, 2018
Over 500 rural residents have fled their homes due to the Tatmadaw’s military offensive against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army...
July 11, 2018
The leaders of the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) met in Naypyidaw on July 10 to set down a decision for the third session of the 21st Century...
July 11, 2018
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)’s vice-chair Gen. Gun Maw said he is attending the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference...
July 11, 2018
The Mon National Representative Party have temporary postponed the plan to officially register with the Election Commission, the 21-member...
July 11, 2018
The Kachin Independence Organization/Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA) said Gen. Gun Maw from the KIO will attend the third session of the 21st...
This picture taken on May 11, 2018 shows internally displaced people in a church compound in Myitkyina after fleeing conflict between government troops and ethnic armed group in Kachin state. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
July 11, 2018
Myanmar has a proud history of peaceful protests. Exercising the right to the freedom of peaceful assembly in the face of state violence has been a...
July 11, 2018
Dr Aye Maung said one should not point his or her finger at the military dictatorship while one practices dictatorship after taking power.