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September 1, 2016
An ancient scripture stone was uncovered at Amyint Taung pagoda no 5 in Mrouk-Oo of Arakan State, said Director U Nyein Lwin of the Archaeological...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing speaks during the opening conference of Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw on 31 August 2016. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
September 1, 2016
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that clinging to armed struggle was contrary to democracy at a time when wishes and wants can be attained by...
Representatives of Mon political parties at the Ethnic Affairs Minister’s dinner (Photo: MNA)
September 1, 2016
Despite the convening of Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century Panglong Conference) and the Burma Army’s recent appearance to be accepting...
New Mon State Party (NMSP) Vice-chairperson Nai Hong Sar
September 1, 2016
Nai Hong Sar, vice-chairman for New Mon State Party (NMSP) and member of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), was critical of a speech...
September 1, 2016
A motion that will be heard in The Pyithu Hluttaw (lower house of parliament) asks for the removal of foreigners in the Arakan State Advisory...
September 1, 2016
A huge volume of illegal drugs worth Kyat of over 700 million were recently seized in Maung Taw of Arakan State, informed the police. According to...
The opening conference of Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw on 31 August 2016. Photo: Nay Thar/Mizzima
September 1, 2016
Peace talks between Myanmar's government and warring ethnic minorities started today in a bid to end decades of conflict that have claimed thousands...
August 31, 2016
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) fielded 25 people from its own ranks and affiliate groups to join a United Nationalities Federal Council (...
Participants attend the National Ethnic Youth Conference that took place last July in Panglong.
August 31, 2016
The Nationalities Ethnic Youth Alliance (NEYA) was invited to attend today’s Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century Panglong Conference)...
Khun Htun Oo, chairperson for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, profiled in this undated photo.
August 31, 2016
Khun Htun Oo, chairperson for Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), has cancelled plans to attend the Union Peace Conference (also called...
Kachin Independence Army soldiers at the frontline (Photo: Zen Myat/Karen News)
August 31, 2016
A report by the frontline humanitarian organisation Free Burma Rangers has said that the war in Kachin and Shan States is escalating.
Lower house Pauktaw constituency MP, Aung Kyaw Zan. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
August 31, 2016
A House of Representatives MP from Rakhine State introduced an urgent motion on August 30 requesting that non-Myanmar experts on the Arakan State...