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August 27, 2015
The Burmese consul general of the newly established Burmese consulate in Chiang Mai, U Kaung San Lwin, said Naypyitaw would only consider opening new...
August 27, 2015
No date has yet been set for when the president, the army commander-in -chief and top leaders from ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) will meet in...
August 27, 2015
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is now delivering rice, beans, cooking oil and salt to more than 400,000 people affected by flooding in...
Photo by S.H.A.N
August 27, 2015
Weeks after flash flooding destroyed homes and farmland, villagers in eastern Shan State find themselves struggling to rebuild amidst the debris.
RCSS/SSA initiated public consultation in Tangyan. (Photo: RCSS/SSA)
August 27, 2015
Shan State residents told a Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) delegation that recently spent a month touring Shan State...
August 26, 2015
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will offer $3 million assistance to Myanmar to support relief efforts following recent flooding which has caused...
August 26, 2015
Major General Nerdah Bo Mya, head of the Karen National Defence Organisation in an exclusive interview with Karen News said that moves to sign a...
August 26, 2015
The ethnic armed organizations representatives have reached the end of the nationwide ceasefire agreement process following a three-day meeting in...
August 26, 2015
Shan community representatives presented 23,717 signatures opposing the construction of plans to dams the Salween River to the Australian company...
August 26, 2015
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) will follow the recommendations of the ethnic coalition group the United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) on...
August 26, 2015
At the end of their four day summit in Chiang Mai on 24 August the ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) reaffirmed their stand that all EAOs must be...
Representatives from the Shan community present a petition opposing the Mongton Dam to SMEC at their office in Yangon on 25 August 2015. (Photo by Action for Shan State Rivers)
August 26, 2015
Shan community representatives who organised a petition opposing the construction of the Mong Ton (Tasang) Dam on the Salween (Thanlwin) River have...