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August 26, 2015
Major General Nerdah Bo Mya, head of the Karen National Defence Organisation in an exclusive interview with Karen News said that moves to sign a...
August 26, 2015
The ethnic armed organizations representatives have reached the end of the nationwide ceasefire agreement process following a three-day meeting in...
August 26, 2015
Shan community representatives presented 23,717 signatures opposing the construction of plans to dams the Salween River to the Australian company...
August 26, 2015
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) will follow the recommendations of the ethnic coalition group the United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) on...
August 26, 2015
At the end of their four day summit in Chiang Mai on 24 August the ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) reaffirmed their stand that all EAOs must be...
Representatives from the Shan community present a petition opposing the Mongton Dam to SMEC at their office in Yangon on 25 August 2015. (Photo by Action for Shan State Rivers)
August 26, 2015
Shan community representatives who organised a petition opposing the construction of the Mong Ton (Tasang) Dam on the Salween (Thanlwin) River have...
August 25, 2015
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) representatives have said that the organisation will not be taking sides in the...
August 25, 2015
Burma’s Parliament has passed controversial laws regulating religion and marriage, amid concern from human rights organisations that the laws further...
August 25, 2015
Two senior members of the Karen State’s National League for Democracy resigned from the party to join the newly formed Karen Party.
August 24, 2015
For the second year running the Burma’s government allowed Karen people to commemorate their Martyrs’ Day in Rangoon. The 65th Karen Martyrs’ Day was...
August 24, 2015
U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell, joined by USAID Mission Director Chris Milligan, visited Sittwe and Mrauk-U on August 19-21 according to a statement...
August 24, 2015
At the third National Forum on Birth Registration in Myanmar held in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday , donors, policymakers and service providers from around...