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March 11, 2019
Representatives from the ethnic armed groups will form a new leadership structure to the Peace Process Steering Committee. Ethnic armed organizations...
March 11, 2019
KNG speaks to the Kachin singer and songwriter who negotiated for IDP return with the Tatmadaw. Nearly 280 people from 46 displaced families in camps...
March 11, 2019
The potential for further talks was explored in an informal meeting with the Burmese government’s Peace Commission. Representatives of the Karen...
Vice President U Myint Swe. Photo: Myanmar President Office
March 10, 2019
The Union Government will release the National Environmental Policy, 2030 Strategy and Master Plan soon, said Vice President U Myint Swe, Patron of...
March 10, 2019
A 45-year-old Chin civilian ordered to take Burma Army troops to the front of line of fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) in southern Chin State’s...
March 10, 2019
Naw K’Nyaw Paw, general secretary of the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) has been declared as one of 10 recipients of the 2019 International Women...
March 8, 2019
The child was injured by shrapnel after shells landed in his village. A five-year-old boy was transferred to a Lashio hospital on Wednesday after...
March 8, 2019
The missing men are ethnic Danu, Shan and Ta’ang, the village administrator said. Ten local men are still missing since clashes occurred between...
A female Myanmar tiger yawns in the enclosure at Yangon Zoological Gardens in Yangon. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
March 8, 2019
Myanmar is home to 331 endangered species, according to the latest report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), including...
March 8, 2019
Ukrspecexport, Ukraine’s military import/export agency, has signed a joint venture agreement with Myanmar for the construction of an armoured vehicle...
March 8, 2019
The fighting with both groups occurred in northern Shan State’s Kutkai Township. The Burma Army clashed with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and...
March 8, 2019
Locals say old bombs and landmines have been ‘left on the battleground.’ Six children were wounded when a bomb left from previous conflict exploded...