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September 5, 2016
The Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP), held from 31 August to 3 September, was supposed to be Aung San Suu Kyi’s deliberation...
Attendees observe during the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 31 August 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
September 5, 2016
A Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD) is set to be concluded before the second round of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference,...
MNP General Secretary Nai Layae Tama delivering a speech at Union Peace Conference (Photo: Ko Thu)
September 5, 2016
The Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong is same as a ‘curry that does not have any salt’, said Mon National Party’s General Secretary, in...
Nai Hongsar speaking at the Union Peace Conference
September 5, 2016
The establishment of a federal democracy in the country and the implementation of equality for all ethnic nationalities under a new name which...
September 2, 2016
In a motion submitted to the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong yesterday, Karen armed groups requested for the government to adhere to...
Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu and Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Oo Hla Saw for Mrauk U Township attend the Union Peace Conference- 21st Century Panglong in Naypyidaw.
September 2, 2016
In her speech delivered on the first day of the Union Peace Conference- 21st Century Panglong, State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi stated that the...
September 2, 2016
The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a splinter group of Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, has threatened to take action against the Burma Army...
Ethnic groups’ flags seen flying by one another at Mai Ja Yang summit (Photo: Kachinland News)
September 2, 2016
Preamble: We, the people of Burma, including the frontier areas and the Karenni states, are determined to establish in strength and unity a sovereign...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C-R) speaks during the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 31 August 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
September 2, 2016
At a press conference held at Naypyitaw yesterday, the joint organising committee of 21st Panglong Conference said that they were told by the State...
September 2, 2016
Karen community based organisations have condemned the Asia Highway project for displacing local communities who had the “misfortune of standing in...
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September 2, 2016
A statement by the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) has criticised Burmese Government plans to dam the Salween river, questioning the economic...
September 2, 2016
Representatives of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) have left the Union Peace Conference, citing “inequality” at the forum, which kicked off yesterday.