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Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting held at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on February 6 at 10 a.m. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 30, 2017
The Myanmar Government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) based in northern Myanmar had meetings for five months but two-party talks have yet...
US embassy in Yangon. Photo: Discover Diplomacy
October 30, 2017
The US embassy in Yangon issued a press statement today which called for the end of the use of the Unlawful Associations Act after two religious...
Dumdaw Nawng Lat, left and Langjaw Gam Seng, right. Photo: Facebook
October 30, 2017
Myanmar authorities should drop the charges against two ethnic Kachin Baptist community leaders who have been arbitrarily detained since December 24...
Petroleum and natural gas offshore supply base (Photo/Internet)
October 29, 2017
Residents have made their objections known, but that hasn’t deterred a company set on erecting an offshore supply base in the Gulf of Mottama near...
October 29, 2017
At an event this week celebrating the 29th anniversary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), a party leader expressed concern over...
Mon State General Administrative Department office (Photo – MNA)
October 27, 2017
Mon State is undertaking administrative house cleaning, with legal proceedings underway against eight ward and village administrators involved in...
October 27, 2017
Amid increasing quarrying projects that threaten to destroy the natural environment, residents have banded together to form a conservation network...
October 27, 2017
A leader of the Kachin Independence Organization has criticized the government for shutting out a new ethnic bloc trying to pursue peace talks.
Seven members of the All Mon Region Democracy Party’s (AMRDP) Mawlamyine township office submitted their resignation letter on October 25.
October 27, 2017
In a further fracturing of Mon political forces, several leading members of the All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMDP) have en masse resigned.
Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, Mr Kristian Schmidt
October 27, 2017
The new Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, Mr Kristian Schmidt, will represent the European Union in Myanmar and serve as Head of the EU...
Mon nationals and monks in the U.S. (Photo – MNA)
October 26, 2017
Mon communities in the United States have donated over US$30,000 (K40.7 million) to the Mon National Education Committee (Central) to support Mon...
German ambassador to Myanmar Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel. Photo: Annika Banggerter
October 26, 2017
The German ambassador to Myanmar Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel has described the situation in Rakhine state as "extremely serious and deeply worrying ", a...