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March 7, 2019
A Chinese delegation reportedly told Kachin representatives that the dam must be completed and the KIO must sign the NCA. Chinese authorities in...
March 7, 2019
Kachin locals say that the excavators received permission from a militia leader to search for gold in the caves constructed by a Chinese company...
March 7, 2019
The Taunggyi Development Affairs Organization (DAO) has launched, with the support of The Asia Foundation, the first ever municipal citizen’s budget...
Military representatives attend a regular session of the Union Parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 05 February 2019. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
March 7, 2019
The Constitution amendment study and analysis committee submitted its ‘Observation and Opinion Report’ on ‘The Amendment of Article 261 Bill’...
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March 7, 2019
An RCSS spokesperson speaks to SHAN on a special meeting of the Peace Process Steering Team. The Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), formed with...
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March 7, 2019
On February 27, the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) made up of ethnic political parties and its allied organizations met at the Green Hill Hotel...
March 6, 2019
Representatives from RCSS and KNU will be changed, according to insiders. Two leaders in the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) will be replaced with...
March 6, 2019
Ten villagers from the northern Shan State community of Mangli have been missing for one week, following clashes between the Restoration Council of...
March 6, 2019
The Burmese government’s peace commission canceled a bilateral ceasefire proposed with four members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups,...
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March 5, 2019
No children were hurt, but villagers in the northern Shan State community have since fled. Stray bullets from clashes between the Restoration Council...
The IrrawaddyAA Brig-Gen Tun Myat Naing attends a peace conference for ethnic armed groups in Kachin State in July 2016. / The Irrawaddy
March 5, 2019
On February 25 representatives from Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) and the government’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) met for...
A man speaks on his mobile phone in front of a building with Ooredoo telecom advertising at downtown area in Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
March 5, 2019
Ooredoo, one of the world’s leading ICT providers, is bringing the immense benefits of digital technology to millions of previously unconnected...