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April 25, 2017
Shan State politicians and ethnic armed organizations are furious that preparations for the state’s political dialogue were left to the last minute...
Representatives from political parties and organizatins in Shan State are seen at the Shan State National Level Political Dialogue. Photo: IPRD
April 25, 2017
Shan State started a three-day State-level political dialogue in Taunggyi yesterday, a meeting described as a milestone and a significant step taken...
The Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) and the second Panglong conference held in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
April 25, 2017
Myanmar’s government, military, and eight signatory armed groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) agreed on Monday on eight points with their...
April 25, 2017
The New Mon State Party (NMSP), is holding a biannual meeting of its Central Committee this week, as leadership considers important decisions before...
April 25, 2017
Several delegates have criticized the Shan State regional-level dialogue as a hastily arranged and unprepared event.
April 25, 2017
Following a meeting at the powerful Wa Army’s summit, the four Northern Alliance members announced they will no longer meet with the government...
Brigadier General Nyo Tun Aung, deputy chief of staff of the Arakan Army.  (internet)
April 25, 2017
The Arakan Army was established in April 2009, declaring its mission as safeguarding the Rakhine (Arakan) peoples right to self-determination, and...
April 24, 2017
The Myaing Gyi Ngu shelter for internally displaced persons has run out of all food except rice, leaving the 5,000 residents without enough to eat,...
April 21, 2017
The month of April hasn’t yet end, but quite a lot of important happening has already taken place, which might be crucial in shaping the political...
April 21, 2017
Adviser Aung Soe from the Government’s Peace Commission (PC) has told Mizzima that the Peace Commission would meet northern alliance, which fiercely...
A staffer of Thuriya Naywin (The Sun) journal, Wai Yan Heinn, 27, was found dead with stab wounds at office in Yangon on April 16 morning. He was believed to be killed a few days ago. Earlier this year, the publisher of the journal was arrested for reporting in the journal on business of Thura Shwe Mann's family in 2015. Credit - Wai Yan Heinn/Facebook
April 21, 2017
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was shocked to learn that news weekly publisher Wai Yan Heinn was found stabbed to death in Rangoon on 16 April, and...
April 20, 2017
Some 300 local residents staged a demonstration in Muse Township on Tuesday to protest a plan by the Namkham-based Myoma People’s Militia to take...