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March 20, 2019
After declaring it wouldn’t renew refugee cards for ethnic Chin refugees, the UNHCR recently announced it will renew cards until 2021. Last year, the...
March 19, 2019
Myanmar and India recently continued their bid for growing bilateral cooperation at a seminar convened to discuss opportunities of enhancing...
Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) vice chairman Khu Oo Reh speaks during a meeting of the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 18 March 2019. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
March 19, 2019
The National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) held a meeting at NRPC in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday...
March 19, 2019
Villagers from northern Shan State are tired of kidnappings and human rights abuses against civilians by armed groups. Ta’ang locals demonstrated for...
March 19, 2019
After enduring heavy Burmese Army airstrikes AA leaders say they still want to discuss peace. Despite being embroiled in heavy fighting with the...
March 19, 2019
Ethnic armed groups will meet with the government as a group and then separately with the Myanmar Army. The government’s National Reconciliation and...
March 19, 2019
Remote villages, only accessible by a three-day boat trip from Myitkyina, were affected by the freak storm. A hailstone storm pounded Sumprabum...
March 19, 2019
A local man was seriously injured on the Indian side of the country’s border with Burma after stepping on a landmine in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai District...
March 18, 2019
Citing deteriorating security in southern Chin State, representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on March 14...
March 18, 2019
The Myanmar-India Seminar and Workshop on Issues of formal and informal trade was held at the Tamu Border Traders Association, in Sagaing Region on...
A young woman passes by a billboard campaign to human trafficking in Yangon. Photo: Mizzima
March 18, 2019
More than 40 human trafficking cases have been reported in the first two months of this year, with the majority of victims sent to China for forced...
March 18, 2019
The Chin State government has dedicated 61 percent of its entire budget to the construction of roads and bridges during the 2018-2019 financial year...