DVB journalist questioned after being sued by civil servant
Magway-based DVB reporter Zaw Pe was interrogated by the police this weekend after he was reportedly sued by a divisional education officer. Zaw Pe was charged with disturbing a working public official...
View ArticleGov’t postpones peace talks with Karen group
The third round of talks between Karen National Union officials and a union peace delegation has been tentatively cancelled by the government. The meeting was scheduled to take place from 27 to 29...
View ArticleCouncil calls on groups to suspend talks with gov’t
The Ethnic Nationalities Council, an umbrella group made up of Burmese exile organisations, has urged armed groups currently in peace talks with the Burmese government to suspend their negotiations if...
View ArticleBurma’s ‘exile government’ dissolved
Burma’s ‘parallel government’ in exile, the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), announced its dissolution today in an effort to support “national reconciliation”. The NCGUB’s...
View ArticleArakan commission completes ‘fact-finding’ tour
The government-mandated commission tasked with investigating this summer’s rioting in Arakan state wrapped up its tour of western Burma on Saturday. The commission led by Dr Myo Myint and Dr Kyaw Yin...
View ArticleSolitary protestor hit with charges
The lawyer, who staged a one-man demonstration in Prome on 18 October, along with two youths who police claim assisted the attorney have been charged for protesting without permits. Myint Aye was...
View ArticleRed Cross, Thein Sein agree on prison visit deal
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be been allowed to resume prison visits in Burma beginning next week following a deal hammered out between President Thein Sein and the...
View ArticleKaren rebel group returns seized weapons to Border Guard Force
A government peace delegation met with a Karen ceasefire group on the Thai-Burma border on Tuesday to discuss weapons the militia had seized from the area’s Border Guard Force (BGF) during a clash on 5...
View ArticleUpper House lashes out at civil servants following complaints
The Upper House’s Public Complaints and Appeals Committee announced that punishments have been handed out to more than 17,000 civil servants. During the Parliament’s Upper House session on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleUN warns of ‘immense’ challenges in reaching displaced Kachin
A UN spokesperson on Tuesday warned of “immense” challenges in reaching displaced Kachin who have fled into rebel-held territories in northern Burma, two days after a convoy of humanitarian aid reached...
View ArticleKachin rebels, govt to hold new round of talks in Burma
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the Burmese government are tipped to resume union-level peace talks at the end of the month in the Kachin state capital, according to mediators. Lamai Gum...
View ArticleArakan commission completes ‘fact-finding’ tour
The government-mandated commission tasked with investigating this summer’s rioting in Arakan state wrapped up its tour of western Burma on Saturday. The commission led by Dr Myo Myint and Dr Kyaw Yin...
View ArticleSolitary protestor hit with charges
The lawyer, who staged a one-man demonstration in Prome on 18 October, along with two youths who police claim assisted the attorney have been charged for protesting without permits. Myint Aye was...
View ArticleRed Cross, Thein Sein agree on prison visit deal
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be been allowed to resume prison visits in Burma beginning next week following a deal hammered out between President Thein Sein and the...
View ArticleKaren rebel group returns seized weapons to Border Guard Force
A government peace delegation met with a Karen ceasefire group on the Thai-Burma border on Tuesday to discuss weapons the militia had seized from the area’s Border Guard Force (BGF) during a clash on 5...
View ArticleUpper House lashes out at civil servants following complaints
The Upper House’s Public Complaints and Appeals Committee announced that punishments have been handed out to more than 17,000 civil servants. During the Parliament’s Upper House session on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleUN warns of ‘immense’ challenges in reaching displaced Kachin
A UN spokesperson on Tuesday warned of “immense” challenges in reaching displaced Kachin who have fled into rebel-held territories in northern Burma, two days after a convoy of humanitarian aid reached...
View ArticleKachin rebels, govt to hold new round of talks in Burma
The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the Burmese government are tipped to resume union-level peace talks at the end of the month in the Kachin state capital, according to mediators. Lamai Gum...
View ArticleBurmese peace activist, poet Dagon Tayar dies
One of Burma’s greatest contemporary literary figures and an influential peace activist, Dagon Tayar (a.k.a. Htay Myaing), passed away peacefully on Monday in Aungban, Southern Shan State. He was 95...
View ArticleNUP calls for constitution to be amended, not re-written
The National Unity Party (NUP), which was formed by the military junta in 1988, insisted on Tuesday that Burma does not need to draft a new constitution, although some provisions could be amended to...
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