Non-signatory EAOs always welcome to join the peace process, Daw Suu says
State Counsellor Aung… “We always open our doors for political negotiations and 21st Panglong Peace Conference. This is our policy and principle. We always welcome those groups who want to join the...
View ArticleHeritage and environmental research to be conducted at Kyaikmaraw township’s...
Heritage and environmental… Mawlamyine University professors of history, geography, physics, Myanmar studies and geology will collaborate in the research, he added. “There are many natural caves in...
View ArticleDaw Aung San Suu Kyi eyes 2018 for establishing basic principles of the...
Daw Aung San… The state counsellor instructed the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) to strive toward completing the foundational principles underpinning the federal Union during her keynote...
View ArticleShan State teenager given two-year Unlawful Association sentence
A Namhsan townshp… Mai Cho Min Htwe, who was attending eighth standard in No. 1 Basic Education High School in Namhsan, was convicted under Section 17/1 of the Unlawful Association Act on October 30....
View ArticleDaw Aung San Suu Kyi visits Rakhine
State Counsellor Daw… She last visited Rakhine during the 2015 elections. Government officials told media persons the visit was unannounced for security reasons. Villagers and traders in both Sittwe...
View ArticleThink tank releases data on villages burnt in Rakhine State
The Myanmar Institute… MIPS seeks to provide information on the crisis taking place in Rakhine State without interpreting the data and analysis and without coming to a conclusion on the findings. As...
View ArticleProject conditions failure sees World Bank block road rebuild in Chin State
The World Bank… The World Bank committed a US$200 million loan in 2016 to fund efforts to recover from natural disasters in 2015 including the devastation caused by Cyclone Komen. According to a...
View ArticleGovernment invites youth volunteers to work in Rakhine State
Ministry of Social… Teams of volunteers will go to Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships in Rakhine State to provide humanitarian assistance, data collection, development work and to uplift the morale of...
View ArticleUS wants talks on Rakhine crisis but sanctions possible
The US wants… Thomas Shannon, under-secretary of state for political affairs, said solving the humanitarian crisis through dialogue with Myanmar was top priority but the door remained open for tougher...
View ArticleMon political parties inch toward potential merger
The two largest… The All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMDP) and the Mon National Party (MNP) will meet on November 8, according to leaders from both parties. Each party will send a three-member...
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