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July 13, 2015
Aurasian Minerals Plc (AuM) a British mining firm that has applied for a mineral exploration permit in a jade mining area in Burma has told its...
Tay Za (right) billionaire mountain climbing enthusiast and arms dealer
July 10, 2015
The spouse of Burmese tycoon Tay Za has been removed from the US Burma sanctions list, according to a brief statement issued this week by the US...
July 10, 2015
After a young woman rejected the sexual advances of an apparently drunk Burma Army officer he later threatened the woman and her family in Laikha...
July 10, 2015
The government and ethnic groups’ representatives have agreed in principle to work towards signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and the...
July 9, 2015
The fighting in Karen State between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and Burma Army continued as negotiations to stop the fighting failed.
July 8, 2015
People In Maungdaw South in Arakan State have been facing difficulties in travelling and finding food since 26 June when heavy rains and high tides...
July 8, 2015
As fighting continues between the Burma Army and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), the government has come under fire from a senior Karen...
Hsenwi
July 8, 2015
A 70-year-old woman died while collecting firewood near a Burma Army compound in Northern Shan State. A 70-year-old woman died after stepping on a...
July 8, 2015
A special court in Buthidaung, Arakan State released 62 Rohingyas, who were arrested by the army during violence in 2012, from Buthidaung Jail on 1...
Sai Maung
July 7, 2015
Witnesses report that two local farmers were shot from behind while returning home from work. Soldiers from the Burma Army Battalion 77 shot two...
July 7, 2015
Fighting between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and the Burma Army is continuing along the newly opened Asia Highway 1.
July 6, 2015
Heavy monsoon rains in the Teknaf region of Bangladesh have caused widespread destruction and misery for thousands of Rohingyas in Leda and...