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November 28, 2017
A Mon State-based environmental group this week slammed the government for allegedly extending a private company’s mineral exploration license in...
Election process of ward and village tract administrator positions (Photo: ACDD Burma)
November 28, 2017
Over 90 percent of Mon State’s incumbent ward and village tract administrative positions will open in coming elections that aim to bring local-level...
November 26, 2017
Mon political parties are demanding to be allowed to circumvent the government’s policies so they can hold a political dialogue.
November 25, 2017
In an effort to protect disappearing freshwater fish stocks, Mon State’s first fishery joint management zone has been established in the coastal...
November 24, 2017
A local Rakhine State organization wants the government to suspend a controversial development project that has been dogged with concerns over land...
November 24, 2017
A Karen politician expressed fears this week that if the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) is abandoned the peace process could backtrack.
November 24, 2017
Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) Vice-Chairman Padoh Saw Kwe Htoo Win said that the date for convening Third session of Union Peace...
November 24, 2017
Local Karen communities’ plans to raise a statue of their hero and martyr, Saw Ba U Gyi, was objected to by Burma Army commanders in the Three Pagoda...
November 23, 2017
Kayin (Karen) State residents living near Lun Nya Mountain submitted a petition to the chief minister on November 22 calling for the government to...
November 23, 2017
The leader of a Shan State ethnic armed group is encouraging more public consultations about the peace process even as the state continues to be...
November 23, 2017
Every man is my superior in some way In that I learn from him.
November 23, 2017
The 18th Secretariat committee meeting of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) was held at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NPRC...