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War victims who fled from the conflict zone, receive clothes and footware as they gather in a monastery which is being set up as a temporary refugee camp in Kyaukme, northern Shan State, Myanmar, 20 February 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
May 11, 2016
On 7-8 May 2016, an estimated 1,600 people left their villages in Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships in Shan State following heightened tensions between...
May 11, 2016
Residents of Bawlakhe in Karenni State want the Karenni Government to provide farm machinery in May and June for the farming season.
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May 11, 2016
Residents in the Myitsone Dam project area have urged President Htin Kyaw and the new government to end the Myitsone project so that relocated...
Thai Foreign Minister Pramudwinai (L) and Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) at a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar) in Nay Pyi Taw on 9 May 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
May 11, 2016
Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi said the Government has plans to take care of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.
Rohingya children play during rain at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp near Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 22 March 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
May 10, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama should renew sanctions authority on Myanmar for at least another year due to ongoing egregious human rights violations...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi chairs the coordination meeting on the formation of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC). Photo: MNA
May 10, 2016
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed the need to focus on the participation of all stakeholders in the country’s national reconciliation...
May 10, 2016
In an effort to create more understanding on the proposed hydro-power dam on Baw Ka Hta River in Kyaukyi Township, the Karen National Union held a...
May 10, 2016
125 people, comprised of 100 men and 25 women, have died in vehicle accidents from January to April this year throughout Mon State’s 10 township,...
May 9, 2016
Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has urged the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/...
May 9, 2016
The following is a statement of the 4th Myanmar Opium Farmers’ Forum held in Loikaw, Kayah State on 9 May 2016.
May 9, 2016
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA)...
May 9, 2016
The leadership of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Karen National Union (KNU) met in the northern Thai city...