By RFA | July 25, 2017 Myanmar’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion rejecting a statement by the United Nations human rights envoy to the Southeast Asian nation that was critical of the government’s handling [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | July 24, 2017 When the Shan’s Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) has to withhold its meeting that was planned to take place from 20 to 22 July by [...]
Karen News on Vimeo | July 25, 2017 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Saw Nay Htoo, director of the Burma Medical Association explains why its important why ethnic health organizations should be providers of healthcare services to ethnic [...]
Radio Free Asia | July 21, 2017 Myanmar’s military on Friday filed a lawsuit in Yangon against the editor and columnist of an independent newspaper under the country’s Media Law in the first such case in which journalists have [...]
By Libby Hogan / DVB | July 22, 2017 UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee offered stern words for the Burmese government on Friday evening, urging it to reconsider its refusal to issue visas to a UN fact-finding mission [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) | July 21, 2017 The government’s Peace Commission will meet next month with negotiators from an umbrella organization representing ethnic armed groups that have not yet signed the ceasefire in the hopes of swaying additional [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 21, 2017 Gen Yawd Serk of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says the Burmese military was not following the terms of the Nationwide Ceasefire [...]
By Aung Law / The Irrawaddy | July 21, 2017 New Delhi is seriously considering courting Myanmar, so as to counter China’s influence as well as to urge its leaders to look into the insurgency along the India-Myanmar border. [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | July 20, 2017 A Thai court convicted and sentenced a former three-star general and 61 other defendants Wednesday in Thailand’s largest human trafficking case, which stemmed from the discovery of graves of Rohingya Muslims [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | July 20, 2017 LOIKAW, KAYAH STATE – Ethnic language teachers prefer curriculums based on their own languages to textbooks translated from Burmese, educators in Loikaw, Kayah State told The Irrawaddy. The former quasi-civilian [...]