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August 1, 2016
There are no ethnic armed groups or political parties pushing to leave the Union, according to Nai Hongsar, vice-chairman of United Nationalities...
Leaders from NDAA arrive at Nay Pyi Taw on 28 July 2016. Photo: Kyaw Ye Myo Chit
July 29, 2016
Leaders from the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), will meet with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and...
Khin Suu Kyi/Mizzima
July 29, 2016
The plenary meeting of Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) being held in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, will be extended for one more day because a number...
July 29, 2016
A cargo boat carrying many relief items from World Foods Program (WFP) had sunk in Lay Myo river in Minbya township of Arakan State on 28 July...
July 29, 2016
In light of important political transformations happening in Burma it’s crucial that youth are politically aware, explained an ethnic academic that...
From left to right, UWSA leader U Bao Youxiang, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and NDAA-ESS leader U Sai Leun.
July 29, 2016
Leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS)—also known as Mongla Army—were on...
July 29, 2016
The Myanmar security forces arrested eight Muslim nationals along with a lady at Kyaikto township of Mon State in southern Myanmar on Wednesday.
CSOs’ statement to the State Counselor (Photo: Burma Partnership)
July 29, 2016
Forty civil society organizations (CSOs), based on Burma’s borders, urged the government to restore their original citizenship and allow them to...
The streets of Mae Sot. Photo: Faces of Mae Sot
July 28, 2016
40 border based civil society organisations (CSOs) have sent an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi calling for the restoration of their original Myanmar...
July 28, 2016
Khaing Myo Tun, deputy in-charge of ALP’s information department was booked under defamation case relating to Myanmar Army personnel, said a police...
Khaplang at his den flanked by his bodyguards. Photo: samir kar purkayastha/PCDN
July 28, 2016
India has asked Myanmar to act against four top leaders of the Sagaing-based National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), including its...
Press conference held by AMDP (Photo: MNA)
July 28, 2016
The New Mon State Party (NMSP), the predominant ethnic Mon resistance group, has been urged to release an official statement naming the All Mon...