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Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
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Independent Mon News Agency
January 21, 2016
Women Hospitalise AMDP Supporter
An All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) woman member was reportedly assaulted by 10 Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) female supporters...
Kaladan Press
January 20, 2016
Bangladeshi Refugee Camps Hit by Pneumonia and Diarrhoea
Rohingyas in refugee camps in Burma and people in the surrounding areas have been suffering from pneumonia and diarrhoea, said Korim Ullah, a refugee...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Volunteer teachers Maran Lu Ra, 20, and Nan Tsin, 21, were sexually assaulted and murdered in their home northern Shan State one year ago. No one has been charged or arrested for the crime. (Photo: KWAT)
January 20, 2016
Report on Burma Army Cover-Up of War Crimes against Ethnic W...
A report examining war crimes of sexual violence against ethnic women, and their “systematic cover-up” by the Burma Army was released by the Kachin...
Shan Herald Agency for News
January 20, 2016
More RCSS/SSA-S and TNLA Clashes and Trespass Accusations
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) fought again on the morning...
Independent Mon News Agency
January 19, 2016
Shan State Joint Monitoring Committee Meets
The newly formed Shan State Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-S) held its first meeting on 9 January in Kholam Township in southern Shan State.
Independent Mon News Agency
January 19, 2016
NMSP Wants Mon Political Party Merger
A group of Mon political party leaders and representatives from Mon CSOs (Photo: Banya Aung Moe)The New Mon State Party (NMSP) says it will work to...
Independent Mon News Agency
January 19, 2016
NMSP Will Work towards Federal Union
Representatives attend NMSP’s 9th Congress (Photo: Sike Chan Htaw) The New Mon State Party (NMSP) says it will work towards a genuine federal union...
Shan Herald Agency for News
From left to right: Dr. Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong of the Chin National Front (CNF), Lt.-Gen. Yawd Serk of the RCSS/SSA-S, Gen. Mutu Say Poe of the Karen National Union (KNU), and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of the NLD attend the opening ceremony of the Union Peace Conference on January 12, 2016. (Photo: KNU-HQ)
January 18, 2016
RCSS/SSA-S Leadership Delegation Visits Switzerland
A leadership delegation from the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) flew to Switzerland on 15 January for a ten-day...
Khonumthung News
January 18, 2016
Chin to Discuss Political Dialogue
Chin leaders decided that the Chin people should hold discussions about how they should approach the upcoming national political dialogue, when they...
Shan Herald Agency for News
January 18, 2016
Ethnic Groups Demand Self-Administrated States
Ethnic Pa-O, Shan-ni, Ta’ang and Wa representatives demanded self-administrated states at the Union Peace Conference in Naypyitaw last Thursday, 14...
January 18, 2016
NLD in Dawei ready to cooperate with local party for develop...
Khine Nwe Oo — The National League for Democracy (NLD) in Tanintharyi Region says it is ready to cooperate with the Dawei Nationalities Party (DNP)...
Independent Mon News Agency
January 15, 2016
Why NMSP Not Attending Union Peace Conference
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) will not be attending the Union Peace Conference (UPC) currently happening in Nay Pyi Taw, according to NMSP Vice-...