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February 22, 2017
Members of the Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) are hosting talks with Burmese government representatives to discuss the nine ethnic...
February 22, 2017
It’s not quite gender parity, but it’s progress. Women are expected to make up nearly one-third of the southern region participants at the upcoming...
February 21, 2017
NLD central executive committee member Win Htein said on February 20 that they have recommended that the Mon State MP (Kyaik Hto Township...
February 21, 2017
The 69th Chin National Day which falls on 20 February, was celebrated in Falam yesterday and was attended by President U Htin Kyaw and First Lady Daw...
February 21, 2017
Ahead of a hoped for national-level political dialogue, dozens of civil society groups in Rakhine State gathered last week to share issues and...
Myanmar police patrol near Koe Tan Kauk Border Guard Police post around the villages near the Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 22 December 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
February 21, 2017
<p>Two members of Myanmar&rsquo;s security forces were injured in a clash with militants on the troubled Rakhine State border with...
February 21, 2017
The powerful Wa army will host a summit of ethnic armed organizations this week in Pangkham (Pangsang), the capital of the Wa self-administered zone...
ABSDF central committee member Yebaw Min Htay. Photo: Min Htay/Facebook
February 20, 2017
A prosecution witness named Captain Zaw Moe Aung was examined at the trial of Central Committee member of All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF...
Mon State Chief Mnister Min Min Oo. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
February 20, 2017
Mon State Chief Mnister Min Min Oo announced on his official Facebook Page that he will resign from his government position.
February 20, 2017
Even though we have now and then conducted several interviews together in the past on various political issues surrounding Burma, I was very much...
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) campaign during the 2015 general election.
February 20, 2017
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) on Wednesday launched its campaign for April’s by-election, with candidates running in all seven...
February 20, 2017
Burmese civil society organizations (CSOs) have announced that they will gather for a ‘peace forum’ in Shan State capital Taunggyi next week.