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August 8, 2017
<p>A new network of activists and civil society groups has been warning Kayin (Karen) State residents of the dangers of coal through...
August 8, 2017
<p>Around 2,000 people participated in a traditional Karen wrist tying ceremony in Kawkareik township on August 7.</p> <p>&...
Soldiers from the New Mon State Party marched in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Mon Revolution Day on August 7. (Photo – Facebook)
August 8, 2017
<p>In a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the Mon revolution, the New Mon State Party said on August 7 that peace cannot be achieved...
August 8, 2017
The State Counsellor’s Office has issued an announcement thanking people for not joining protest camps in Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi.
August 7, 2017
Amid efforts to entice more ethnic armed groups into the fold of the nationwide ceasefire agreement, the Karen National Union shared its peace...
August 7, 2017
<p>A state-run drug rehabilitation center may soon be relocated from Kutakai township amid security concerns due to ongoing fighting.</p...
Armed police conduct search operations at Warpait village in Maungdaw, located in Rakhine State, on October 14, 2016 as the government announced that terror groups were behind the series of attacks. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
August 7, 2017
The Myanmar government’s commission on Sunday cleared Myanmar security forces of claims of systematic rape, murder and arson against Muslims in...
U Naing Naing Tun
August 5, 2017
<p>Education reform activist and champion of migrant education U Naing Naing Tun passed away on August 2 in Thailand, according to his...
Entrance to Zay Di Pyin Village
August 4, 2017
<p>August 4</p> <p>Security forces in northern Rakhine State opened fire earlier today after what some described as a mob attack,...
August 4, 2017
<p>Burmese armed forces arbitrarily killed, tortured and arrested local people in southern Shan State&rsquo;s Ho Pong Township during the...
Union Peace Commission (PC), on the right, meeting today with the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), on the left, in Chiangmai. (Photo: NMG)
August 4, 2017
<p>Today&rsquo;s informal meeting between Naypyitaw&rsquo;s Peace Commission delegation and the United Nationalities Federal Council (...
Myo ethnic children looks at a Myanmar border police in LaungDon, located in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
August 4, 2017
Six people were killed in northwestern Myanmar on Thursday and two others are missing, the government and villagers said, in the latest flare up of...