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August 5, 2016
Over 200 local residents have been forced to flee from their homes after new offensives by the Burma Army against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)...
Sittwe beach, Rakhine State. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 4, 2016
India plans to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sittwe, Rakhine State, where it has already built a port. The proposed SEZ by India will rival...
Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi seen closely with security guards during 69th Martyrs' Day at her house in Yangon. Photo: Soe Win/Facebook
August 4, 2016
The Myanmar government is arranging more security for State Counsellor and Foreign Affairs Minister Aung San Suu Kyi after her name appeared on a...
August 3, 2016
In the spirit of fostering unity among the different groups in Burma, a youth alliance has been formed, gathering members representing 26 different...
PHOTO BY SHRF: Coal mining site in Nam Ma area.
August 3, 2016
The Burmese army and its allies arbitrarily arrest, torture and kill civilians as they bid to secure coal-mining concessions in the Nam Ma area of...
A man mixes marijuana and tobacco leaves from a typical Myanmar cheroot in a house on the outskirts of Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
August 3, 2016
After a two-day debate on the elimination of drug abuse and trafficking in the country by lawmakers in the Amyotha Hluttaw, parliament yesterday...
August 3, 2016
A new report by the Karen Human Rights Group has documented the insecurity and mistrust ethnic women have to Burmese authorities following decades of...
Crane hoisting the alms bowl statue (Photo: Facebook)
August 3, 2016
The statue of a large, golden alms bowl, the centerpiece of one of Malwamyine’s roundabouts since 2007, was removed yesterday in front of a small...
Monday’s meeting between the Peace Commission and National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State.
August 2, 2016
The Peace Commission plans to meet with the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and Ta’ang National Liberation Army...
The NDAA-ESS and Peace Commission during yesterday's meeting.  Photo taken from U Hla Maung Shwe’s Facebook page.
August 2, 2016
The Peace Commission and National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS)—also known as the Mongla Army—met to discuss important...
National Democratic Alliance Army-NDAA (Mongla) and Myanmar Peace Commission hold talks in Yangon. Photo: MNA
August 2, 2016
Representatives of the National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS), also known as Mongla, have backed the government’s “all-...
ethnic groups’ flags seen flying by one another at Mai Ja Yang summit (Photo: Kachinland News)
August 2, 2016
The ethnic armed organization (EAOs)’s Mai Ja Yang summit concluded on July 30 [Saturday] with an agreement to continue the talks with the government.