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ABSDF central committee member Yebaw Min Htay. Photo: Min Htay/Facebook
February 20, 2017
A prosecution witness named Captain Zaw Moe Aung was examined at the trial of Central Committee member of All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF...
Mon State Chief Mnister Min Min Oo. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
February 20, 2017
Mon State Chief Mnister Min Min Oo announced on his official Facebook Page that he will resign from his government position.
February 20, 2017
Even though we have now and then conducted several interviews together in the past on various political issues surrounding Burma, I was very much...
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) campaign during the 2015 general election.
February 20, 2017
The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) on Wednesday launched its campaign for April’s by-election, with candidates running in all seven...
February 20, 2017
Burmese civil society organizations (CSOs) have announced that they will gather for a ‘peace forum’ in Shan State capital Taunggyi next week.
February 20, 2017
A Mon ethnic armed group and the Tatmadaw met February 16 in an attempt to defuse tensions sparked by the Mon group’s unsanctioned staging of an...
Min Aung Htoo, one of the members of the Committee for the emergence of CSOs Forum
February 20, 2017
Topics on the table at the upcoming civil society forum – an element of the peace process aimed at involving grassroots organizations – have been...
February 16, 2017
Still awaiting official permission from the government, Rakhine State political parties and civil society groups are hedging their bets and already...
A vview of Thantlang Town in Chin State.
February 16, 2017
After a slight delay, and a spat of political jousting between a Chin party and the government, the Chin State national-level political dialogue is...
February 15, 2017
Two Rakhine political parties are trying to hammer out an agenda for a national-level political dialogue, though they have not yet received official...
The first Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Nay Pyi Taw in August, 2016. Photo: Mizzima
February 15, 2017
Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO) patron Col. Khun Okkar confirmed to Mizzima the postponement of second 21st Panglong Conference...
February 15, 2017
Sa Thu Hlaing Win, a Western Pwo Karen literacy advocate from the Irrawaddy delta region is the winner of the 2016 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award...