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Union Peace-making Working Committee meeting with 8 ethnic groups (photo: MPC)
September 23, 2015
Representatives from the government and ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) will meet on 3 October to set a date for signing the nationwide ceasefire...
September 23, 2015
A group of prominent artists have put forward the message that it is as important to check the voters’ lists as it is to vote on Election Day.
September 23, 2015
Rohingya mother, Mama Citi, is the first person to give birth on the Australian run offshore detention facility of Nauru.
September 22, 2015
The Burma Army has been collecting a levy of 2,000 kyats a head on Rohingya owned animals destined for Qurbari sacrifice at the Muslim religious...
September 22, 2015
Villagers in Kayah State who did not vote in the previous 2010 election are concerned they will not be able to vote in the upcoming November national...
September 22, 2015
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) has called on local parties campaigning in Kayah state to work out an agreement and avoid vote...
September 22, 2015
There was heavy fighting between Burma Army and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) troops on Monday morning at Laika Zup Ja Village, two miles...
September 22, 2015
Though it looks likely that the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will be signed in the first week of October the National Socialist Council of...
September 22, 2015
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has recommended that RCSS and government troops exchange information during the 2015 elections to help...
September 21, 2015
Narinjara News - Daw Htoo May from the Arakan National Party (ANP), who will be competing in the upcoming national election as a candidate for a seat...
September 21, 2015
Narinjara News - A candidate running as an independent for a seat representing Arakan state in the national parliament's lower house says that more...
September 21, 2015
Buying and selling of Hpakant jade from Burma's northern Kachin State is often done by Chinese Yuan rather than Burmese kyat.