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January 16, 2018
Leaders of the eight signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) have decided to hold the third session of the Union Peace Conference –...
January 15, 2018
Three Kachin political parties will merge in the Kachin State, according to a statement released by the Kachin Political Parties Coordination...
January 15, 2018
Despite signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement, the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army – South (RCSS/SSA-S) has clashed four times...
January 15, 2018
A new political party will be established within six months to represent the entire Mon people.
January 15, 2018
Leaders of the eight ethnic armed organizations led by Gen Mutu Say Poe will try to hold an informal discussion with the State Counsellor and the...
Meeting of 71st Mon National Day Organizing Committee (Central) (Photo – Facebook)
January 12, 2018
The Mon National Day Organizing Committee (Central) has requested a budget from the Mon State government to fund the 71st Mon National Day ceremony,...
January 12, 2018
A total of 55,744 Shan people are living in the Kayin (Karen) State up to November, 2017, according to the statistics collected by the Shan...
January 12, 2018
Private illegal loggers from the Sagaing Region are extracting precious timbers from the Chin State’s Tonzang Township every day, according to a...
People walking in front of the Sulay Pagoda in downtown area of Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
January 12, 2018
Burmese authorities should not pursue a criminal complaint brought under Burma’s privacy law against a Facebook user for posts critical of a state...
Fisherman U Phyo Ko Ko who is seeking medical treatment at the Kyaikkami Station Hospital (Photo – Thanlwin Times)
January 12, 2018
Although a worker on fishing-boat has been hospitalized at the Kyaikkami Station Hospital after being tortured by senior fishermen at sea near...
January 12, 2018
The Karenni Civil Forces issued a statement on January 8 denouncing the explanation given by the Loikaw Township Management Committee over the arrest...
In this photograph taken October 14, 2016, armed rebels belonging to KIA ethnic group take a cigarette break as they move towards the frontline near Laiza in Kachin state. Photo: Hkun Lat/AFP
January 11, 2018
At least 52 armed incidents took place nationwide in December, down from 63 the previous month, while the conflict in Shan and Kachin intensified,...