A fresh round of peace talks kicked off in the Kachin state capital Myitkyina on Tuesday between the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and a Burmese government delegation.
Day: October 8, 2013
Two Arakan locals jailed for protesting Rohingya resettlement
Two locals from the Arakan capital Sittwe have been sentenced to three months in jail for staging an unauthorised protest against a Turkish government-backed plan to build housing for displaced…
Art knows no borders
A new arts centre has opened in the Sino-Burmese border town of Laiza, the headquarters of Kachin Independence Organisation.
Newly formed Rakhine National Party appoints leadership
The Rakhine National Party – a merger of the ALD and the RNDP – has appointed ALD chairman Aye Thar Aung as the new party’s chair and RNDP chairman Aye…
56 political activists to be released from Burma’s prisons on Tuesday
Fifty-six political prisoners will be released on Tuesday, many of whom are Kachin and Shan detainees.