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May 27, 2016
Family members sent a pardon petition to President Htin Kyaw on May 7 for two leaders of the Mongkoe Defence Army (MDA), based in Shan State Special...
May 27, 2016
Monsoon rains and heavy winds destroyed a Karen migrant school on the Thai Burma border last week.
IDPs at Nga Za Rine Kine Village
May 27, 2016
More people displaced by fighting have arrived at Nga Za Rine Kine Village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State.
Meeting to Discuss Shwe Gas Pipeline Problems
May 26, 2016
Kyaukpyu residents demanded that Arakan State government ministers help reduce the suffering caused by the Shwe Gas Project pipeline being built by...
May 26, 2016
<p>Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma&rsquo;s State Counsellor and leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD), has pledged to hold a national...
Refugees in Wanmai Monastery
May 26, 2016
Over 200 villagers from three villages in southeaster Shan State's Hsipaw Township, were trapped in a battle on 19 May after the Burma Army launched...
May 25, 2016
Over 50 villagers who were trapped in clashes between government troops and the KIA in Mansi Township, Bhamo District, Kachin State arrived back Mai...
May 25, 2016
Two issues regarding the plight of the Muslim in Arakan State and heightened armed conflict in Kachin and Shan States dominated the political arena...
Phyo Phyo Aung, representing student groups during talks over a controversial 'National Education Bill' in Yangon, Myanmar, 11 February 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
May 24, 2016
Just weeks after her release from prison, human rights defender Ms. Phyoe Phyoe Aung has been named one of six finalists for the 2016 Front Line...
May 24, 2016
Leaders of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) met with the chief minister and officials of the Mon State Government on Thursday [May 19] at state...
Photo: SSPP/SSA
May 23, 2016
A House of Representatives MP from the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), Kyaukme constituency, said that six out of eight charred...
May 23, 2016
Maungdaw, Arakan State - Three Arakan Army (AA) personnel were arrested by Border Guard Police (BGP) of Burma at Maungdaw Township on May 16, said...