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July 27, 2015
Burma Army soldiers extorted money from a bull trader who was traveling to Mizoram State in India to sell his bulls, allege locals from Rihkhawdar a...
July 24, 2015
Karen community-based-organizations have come to the aid of civilians displaced by fighting between government troops and the Democratic Karen...
U Tin Aye, Chairman of the Union Electoral Commission (UEC), speaks during a press conference in Yangon on 22 July, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
July 24, 2015
U Tin Aye, Chairman of the Union Electoral Commission (UEC), told members of the press on 22 July that it is unlikely that areas with conflict will...
July 23, 2015
Recent fighting between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army and Government troops displaced more than 1,000 people from their homes, left them...
July 23, 2015
The senior delegation negotiating the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on behalf of Burma’s ethnic armed organisations said in a statement that its...
July 23, 2015
Community-based-organizations in Karen State are coming together to increase their efforts to educate people about voting in the national elections...
July 23, 2015
General N'ban La Awng, Vice-Chairman of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) met with the Burmese government's chief negotiator in the northern...
July 23, 2015
Land confiscation in Karen state has continues to increase according to a new report from the Karen Human Rights Group.
July 22, 2015
Transparency a major concern in maintaining Inlay Lake A change in Myanmar’s second largest lake was noticed by 35-year-old fisherman, Ko Yan Naing,...
July 21, 2015
Coincidentally, an International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies is being held in Chiang Mai on 24 to 26 July as the city plays host to the...
July 21, 2015
By curious coincidence, the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies, the first in Chiangmai, 24-26 July, is due to be held on the same days...
July 21, 2015
Myanmar’s historical Government Building, known to some as the “Secretariat,” was open to the public to view and pay their respects to fallen Martyrs...