By Amrita Dey / Myanmar Times | August 30, 2016 Newly democratic Myanmar is all set to launch its 21st-century Panglong Conference on August 31. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed that her government is keen [...]
The Karen Times | August 30, 2016 It is commonly agreed by experts, political analysts, ethnic communities and foreign leaders that federalism will be the best political system in Burma to resolve the country’s decades old armed conflict between [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 19, 2016 Three of Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups issued a statement on Thursday saying that they are prepared to join in the government’s Panglong Peace Conference at the end of this month if [...]
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) | August 18, 2016 Tomorrow, Friday afternoon Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is organizing a demonstration in front of Burmese Embassy in London as part of a global day of action being organised by the [...]
By Mon Htaw / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 18, 2016 Over 35,000 ethnic Mon IDPs living in New Mon State Party (NMSP) territory fear a decline in international aid and financial support, according to a joint report [...]
Burma Link, Burma Partnership and Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | August 12, 2016 Executive Summary Recently, much attention surrounding Burma has focused on the democratic reform, 2015 elections and the future of the National League for Democracy [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 10, 2016 Three of Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups have refused to agree to lay down their arms in order to participate in the government’s Panglong Peace Conference at the end of the month, [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 8, 2016 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi announced Monday that the 21st-Century Panglong Peace Conference will begin on the last day of August and run for five days in the capital [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 8, 2016 The 28th anniversary of the 8888 uprising was commemorated across Burma on Monday. In Rangoon, activists gathered in front of City Hall at 8:08am for a [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 8, 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi’s position has been that Panglong Agreement is not important enough but it’s spirit is the propelling factor that has facilitated the [...]