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U Kyaw Thu Zaw, director of the Parliament Office (left) Reporters who came to cover the Shan State Hluttaw (right)
October 20, 2016
Independent media outlets covering the Shan State Hluttaw (parliament) in the state capital Taunggyi have been discriminated against and are being...
Meeting between leaders of the KNU and the NMSP
October 20, 2016
Leaders of the Karen National Union (KNU) and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) reached an agreement to prevent future conflicts between each other...
October 20, 2016
Soldiers from the breakaway Democratic Karen Buddhist Army clashed with the government militia, the Border Guard Force, in Htee Poe Zan village tract...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi at BRICS-BIMSTEC summit 2016 on the sidelines of the 8th BRICS summit in Goa, India, 16 October 2016. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
October 20, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor, has asked for countries in the region to understand the complexities of the issue surrounding problems...
October 20, 2016
Quite a lot of happening have been unfolding during the last few days. But the most outstanding one is the new conflict in Arakan State, between the...
October 20, 2016
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) have both released...
October 20, 2016
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been alert and giving tight security along the Bangladesh- Burma border following attacks three Burma border guard...
Hafiz Mohammed Syed (LeT, Pakistan) sharing the dais with Abdul Qudus Burmi (HuJI, Arakan) and other Rohingya leaders
October 19, 2016
Myanmar President Htin Kyaw's statement blaming a little-known Rohingya militant group “Aqa Mul Mujahideen” for the recent attacks on Myanmar border...
Myanmar Satellite Forum
October 19, 2016
The challenges posed by evolving broadcast and data services are among the topics due to be discussed by more than 20 satellite industry experts as...
October 19, 2016
Thousands of ethnic Red Shan people have marched to demand the creation of a new autonomous state.
General Mutu Say Poe talks at the ceremony to celebrate the first anniversary of the NCA signing
October 18, 2016
The Karen National Union (KNU) chairman, General Mutu Say Poe, said that though the Burmese government and ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) signed...
The burnt down area after attackers leave Wa Beik village near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 13 October 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
October 18, 2016
The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement on the current situation in Rakhine State the following is the text in full.