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May 26, 2017
Ethnic minorities should continue to enjoy the right to secede, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) argued at the Union Peace...
The Mon National Party’s general secretary Nai Layih Tamarh (Photo-MNA)
May 26, 2017
The ethnic perspectives represented at the second session of the Union Peace Conference – or the 21st-Century Panglong Conference – are not fully...
Checking water quality near Kanbe Lake (Photo: Facebook)
May 26, 2017
The Mon State Government has asked for assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as it tries to assess the scope of pollution...
Participants of the peace conference meet on the third day of the Land and Environment session of the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 26 May 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
May 26, 2017
The Union Peace Conference— 21st Century Panglong (second session) discussed position papers in five sectors and reached agreement for the majority...
May 26, 2017
Unable to attend the Panglong peace conference as full participants, the Karenni National Progressive Party and the other six members of the United...
May 26, 2017
As a growing number of ethnic armed groups appear to be losing faith in the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA), at least one signatory organization...
May 26, 2017
The umbrella ethnic organization, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), announced that it will discuss two groups’ resignation letters...
May 26, 2017
For a meeting meant to build peace, the second session of the 21st-Century Panglong Conference got off to a divisive start with Commander-in-Chief...
May 25, 2017
China can continue to bring "soft power" to Myanmar's peace process, Chinese experts said, as the Panglong peace conference began on Wednesday.
Activists Zaw Zaw Latt and Pwint Phyu Latt (back) released from Oe Boe prison in Mandalay on 24 May 2017. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
May 25, 2017
Myanmar granted amnesty to more than 250 prisoners ahead of peace talks being held Wednesday with ethnic rebel groups, including two activists...
Activists Zaw Zaw Latt and Pwint Phyu Latt (back) released from Oe Boe prison in Mandalay on 24 May 2017. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
May 25, 2017
Myanmar granted amnesty to more than 250 prisoners ahead of peace talks being held Wednesday with ethnic rebel groups, including two activists...
May 25, 2017
“The opening of the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference on 24th May marks another important step in the advancement of...