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Myanmar Satellite Forum
October 19, 2016
The challenges posed by evolving broadcast and data services are among the topics due to be discussed by more than 20 satellite industry experts as...
October 19, 2016
Thousands of ethnic Red Shan people have marched to demand the creation of a new autonomous state.
General Mutu Say Poe talks at the ceremony to celebrate the first anniversary of the NCA signing
October 18, 2016
The Karen National Union (KNU) chairman, General Mutu Say Poe, said that though the Burmese government and ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) signed...
The burnt down area after attackers leave Wa Beik village near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 13 October 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
October 18, 2016
The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the current situation in Rakhine State the following is the text in full.
Entrance to Mon State’s capital city, Mawlamyine, (Photo: MNA)
October 18, 2016
Mon State Government has issued migrant household documents to over 1500 migrant workers living in 10 respective townships across Mon State,...
October 18, 2016
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) Central Committee released a statement on 8 October accusing the Burma Army of undermining the ongoing...
October 18, 2016
A ceremony was held at Park Royal Hotel in Yangon at 2 pm on October 16 cementing a deal between the Burmese language service of Voice of America (...
October 17, 2016
The Karen National Union (KNU) executive committee issued a letter of condolence on the passing of His Majesty the King of Thailand.
October 17, 2016
Despite some educational reform taking place in Burma, ethnic education workers claim that equal opportunity for them will only be possible when the...
October 17, 2016
Local residents and community leaders gathered to meet with local press at Zayat Phyu village on October 8, to express their opposition against the...
UNFC Central Executive Committee Meeting in Chiang Mai
October 17, 2016
The Central Executive Committee of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), a coalition of seven ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) that have...
IDPs taking refuge in Buthidaung (Photo – Narinjara News)
October 14, 2016
Over 200 people worried for their safety who have fled Maungdaw Township arrived in Buthidaung Town on 13 October.