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Myanmar refugee Myat Win, 27, who lost both her legs after stepping on a landmine inside Myanmar, near the Thai border area, walks into the Mae Tao clinic grounds in the Thai - Myanmar border city of Mae Sot, Thailand. Photo: EPA
April 4, 2016
The UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon has called for action around the world to get rid of mines used as weapons of war.
April 4, 2016
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) launched its Asian Outlook 2016 report last week, which called for the economy to grow around 8.4 percent this...
Myanmar migrant workers, who are accused of the killing two two British tourists, Zaw Lin (R) and Wai Phyo (L) are escorted by a Thai police officer after they were sentenced to death at the Samui Provincial Court, on Koh Samui Island, Thailand, 24 December 2015. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
April 4, 2016
An international report on the murder trial which convicted two Myanmar migrant workers in the beating death of a British man and woman has been...
April 4, 2016
Shortages of essential items at markets have caused price hikes in Maungdaw Township. The cost of rice, garlic, onion, dried chili, edible oil,...
April 4, 2016
Plans to build a 5,000 ton cement factory in Mi Kayin village in the Karen State’s Hpa-an Township has been halted after concern from locals. The...
Ethnic armed groups during the first Panghsang Summit in May of last year. (Photo – Irrawaddy)
April 4, 2016
Non-state armed groups (NSAG) that didn’t sign or were prevented from taking part during last year’s controversial nationwide ceasefire agreement (...
Mi Kayin villagers hold a prayer service at the base of Mi Kayin Mountain on March 29 2016 (Photo-KESAN)
April 4, 2016
Villagers in Karen state gathered on March 29th at the base of Mi Kayin Mountain for a public prayer service after a proposal to develop a limestone...
April 4, 2016
Although the outgoing government of President Thein Sein announced the lifting of the state of emergency in Arakan State on March 28th, a curfew...
April 4, 2016
Following his nomination by President-Elect U Htin Kyaw, the Chin State Hluttaw (parliament) appointed U Salai Lian Luai as Chin State Chief Minister...
April 4, 2016
Several Mon State MPs elected from the National League for Democracy (NLD) say that they are unable to accept the appointment of U Min Min Oo as the...
April 4, 2016
Following the holding of a fourth informal meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand on March 27, a group of ethnic armed groups from Burma have agreed to hold...
April 4, 2016
Heavy clashes broke out between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army's (KIA) Battalion 12 in Nam Hpu in Mansi Township in southern Kachin...