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September 13, 2017
<p>The Karen diaspora is showing increasing irritation at the Karen National Union&rsquo;s ceasefire stance.<br /> <br />The...
Myanmar's state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (not pictured) at the presidential house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 06 September 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
September 13, 2017
<p>Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend the United Nations General Assembly later this month, her spokesman said Wednesday, as the...
The press conference held at the end of the sixth meeting between the Peace Commission and the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) (Photo – MNA)
September 13, 2017
<p>Continued peace negotiations between the government and representatives of an ethnic alliance have been delayed, likely until next month,...
The classroom of elementary-level Mon students (Photo – MNA)
September 12, 2017
<p>A Mon State MP has called for boosting government support and funding for Mon national schools.</p> <p>During the September 11...
September 12, 2017
<p>Fighting in southern Shan State&rsquo;s Palaung territory has resumed after nearly a month-long cessation, according to an official from...
September 12, 2017
<p>Security has been beefed up along the Myanmar-Thai border in response to rumors and scaremongering on social media, according to a member of...
The United Nations Security Council holds vote on sanctions resolution against North Korea at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 11 September 2017. Photo: Andrew Gombert/EPA
September 12, 2017
The United Nations Security Council will meet Wednesday to discuss the violence in Myanmar that has sent more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing...
September 11, 2017
Civil society groups in Kayin (Karen) State last week discussed concerns that the official ceasefire monitoring body may restrict their peace-related...
September 11, 2017
A ceremony was held in Sittwe on September 9 to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the death of Rakhine monk and colonial independence icon Sayadaw...
September 11, 2017
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has sent a high-level delegation to Nay Pyi Taw to hash out alleged disagreements over the ceasefire...
September 11, 2017
Union Solidarity and Development Party Chairman Than Htay said that since Myanmar is situated among three populous countries with high population...
Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) (Photo: Subir Bhaumik)
September 9, 2017
<p>"Come what may, regardless of who likes us or not, we will report the truth," Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic...