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The alleged encroachment on the forest took place in Kachin State. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
May 21, 2019
Kachin State’s forestry department has reportedly filed charges against five Chinese nationals and company manager for allegedly expanding a banana...
May 21, 2019
The youth say the charges are related to a statement they put out months ago, condemning members of the state government as ‘traitors.’ Six Karenni...
May 21, 2019
The youth say the charges are related to a statement they put out months ago, condemning members of the state government as ‘traitors.’ Six Karenni...
May 21, 2019
EAO reps discussed whether to transform the Peace Process Steering Team into the re-envisioned Peace Process Consultative Meeting. Ethnic armed...
May 21, 2019
The Sittwe police station open cases against 24 men from Letka village in Mrauk-U Township, who have been transferred to police after being detained...
May 21, 2019
The Burmese government refused recognition of the camp. Internally displaced people (IDPs) from a Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC)-administrated camp...
(File) Cadres of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) stand guard at a hideout camp near Amarpur inTinsukia district, some 600 kms from Guwahati, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Assam on June 27, 2008. Photo: AFP
May 21, 2019
After launching a crackdown on camps belonging to northeast-based separatist groups in Myanmar, Hkamti District Court in the Sagaing region of...
May 21, 2019
Six rebels of the Naga armed group NSCN(K) have been sued under Section 17 (1) of the Unlawful Associations Act, said the North Western Command’s...
May 21, 2019
The RCSS and SSPP sign an agreement promising to hold further talks, and to refrain from instigating problems between the two forces. The Restoration...
May 21, 2019
Eight Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) members plus other two Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAO), New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic...
May 21, 2019
Rice from Arakan State has been shipped to Yangon and Magwe Regions and exported to Bangladesh and China previous years. But it was only shipped to...
May 21, 2019
Mortar shells landed on the maternity ward of the 16-bed hospital at Zeditaung village in Buthidaung Township on May 2, causing some damage. Medical...