News

March 18, 2016
Since the beginning of March the Burma Army has launched 15 offensives, many with jet fighters and helicopter gunships, against the Ta’ang National...
March 16, 2016
Farmers have not been paid over half a billion kyats of promised compensation for farmlands ruined by the Myanmar Oil and Gas (MOGE) Myanmar to China...
March 16, 2016
U Htin Kyaw of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was elected to be President of the Republic of the Union Union of Myanmar during a Pyidaungsu...
General Saw Ler Pwe
March 16, 2016
The Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) leader Major General Saw Ler Pwe, also known as Na Kham Mwe, died aged 55 from cancer on 13 March said...
March 15, 2016
Leaders of the Christian Kachin-based anti-narcotic group Pat Ja San (PJS) said on 6 March that they were unaware that the group is being sued by U...
The NLD's Dr Lin Htut, the MP for Lashio
March 12, 2016
The National League for Democracy’s (NLD’s) Dr Linn Htut, who represents Lashio in the Shan State Hluttaw (parliament), is favourite to become the...
March 10, 2016
The National League for Democracy (NLD) officially nominated U Henry Van Thio for the position of Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) Vice-President on 10...
Sai Nyunt Lwin
March 10, 2016
U Sai Nyunt Lwin, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) General Secretary tipped to become vice-president, will travel to Naypyidaw on 9...
Dr Sai Aung Tun
March 10, 2016
The Indian World Peace Movement Trust (WPMT) named Burmese historian Dr Sai Aung Tun as a 2016 Ambassador of peace at a ceremony in Rangoon on 5...
March 9, 2016
Arakanese organisations collected nearly 100,000 signatures for a petition calling on the Thai authorities to pardon and release two Burmese migrants...
March 8, 2016
Police arrested 28 people illegally removing earth from the Mrauk-U archaeological site in Arakan State on 5 March, according to U Nyein Lwin, the...
March 8, 2016
The third annual meeting of the Committee of Shan State Unity (CSSU) ended abruptly on 3 March after only the first day of a planned three day...