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    Conflict Lead Story News

    Burma Army stance hurting peace effort, say NCA signatories

    Armed groups that signed last year’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement call the Burmese military’s refusal to negotiate with some non-signatory groups “detrimental” to the country’s peace effort.

    Interview Lead Story News

    Interview: ‘We are very keen to stop fighting’

    Arakan Army’s commander-in-chief Brigadier-General Tun Myat Naing speaks to DVB about the conflict in Arakan State.

    Land Lead Story News Rangoon

    Private firm accused of violent eviction in Rangoon

    Forty-eight families were left homeless and several people injured after violence broke out following an attempt to evict residents in Simphontaung.

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    Lead Story News Peace Process

    TNLA, AA, MNDAA propose resignation from NCCT

    The three ethnic militias tabled their resignations on the third day of the Law Khee La summit of ethnic armed organisations..

    Lead Story News Peace Process

    UNFC urges govt to recognise MNDAA in ceasefire

    The ethnic coalition remains resolute that the TNLA, MNDAA and Arakan Army must all be included in a peace deal.

    Kachin Lead Story News Refugees

    Rain dampens relief efforts as fighting continues in northern Burma

    Refugees are in dire need of adequate shelter in particular, said the Action Times Foundation, as continuing battles are waged between the government and rebel groups.

    Land Lead Story News

    Dr Cynthia responds to Thameelay villagers

    Displaced villagers from Thameelay in Rangoon who were provided resettlement by the Democratic Benevolent Karen Army in Karen State are now receiving healthcare from Dr Cynthia Maung’s Thailand-based Mae Tao Clinic.

    Culture Lead Story News

    Rock bands tune up for Thingyan

    Beloved Burmese rockers are on the bill as Rangoon counts down to Thingyan.

    Lead Story News

    Monasteries in Naypyidaw sued for illegal land use

    More than 20 monasteries have been sued by Naypyidaw Council Ministry of Religious Affairs for refusing to relocate after property was deemed forest land by authorities.

    Lead Story News

    Reformist govt must acknowledge past: HRDP

    A Burmese human rights group has urged President Thein Sein’s reformist government to create counselling and rehabilitation programmes for the victims of Burma’s previous regime.

    Business Lead Story News

    MAI spreads its wings to Pusan

    Myanmar Airways International launched its first charter flight from Pusan, South Korea, to Rangoon on Friday.

    Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Development needed to ensure peace: KPC

    Brig-Gen Timothy Laklem of the Karen National Union Peace Council (KPC), an offshoot of the Karen National Union (KNU), has said that peace with Naypyidaw will only be possible once poverty has been reduced in Karen State.

    Culture Lead Story News Politics

    Ethnic groups resist census, object to question of ethnicity

    Many ethnic leaders are opposed to a list that only recognises 135 specified ethnic groups in Burma – a list that dates back to British colonial times. (PHOTO: Shan family/ public domain)

    Land Lead Story Politics

    Latpadaung activist Thaw Zin detained

    Activist Thaw Zin was arrested on Tuesday morning in Salingyi Township, one of the many towns impacted by the Latpadaung copper mine project.

    Lead Story Media News

    Journalists remain in prison

    Five media workers are still being held inside Burma’s notorious Pakokku and Insein prisons for reporting on an alleged chemical weapons facility in Magwe Division’s Pauk Township.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Maungdaw Police deny alleged involvement in arson

    Police in Maungdaw reject an accusation by Rohingya MP Shwe Maung that they were complicit in an arson attack in Duchira Dan on 28 January that left at least 16 houses destroyed.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Women's Issues

    Human Trafficking: better or worse in 2013?

    One hundred and two cases of human trafficking were reported in Burma throughout 2013, according to the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (ATTF), a special unit of the Burmese police force.

    Law Lead Story Media News

    Eleven Media hit back at jailing of reporter

    Eleven Daily reporter Naw Khine Khine Aye Cho was sued by lawyer Aye Aye Pho for verbal abuse and defamation. Last week a Loikaw court sentenced the journalist to three months in prison.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process

    Gun Maw calls on public to help peace process

    Speaking at meeting with Kachin community members in Rangoon on Wednesday, the vice chief of staff of the Kachin Independence Army, Gun Maw Sumlat, stressed the importance of public participation in Burma’s ongoing peace process.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Burma to count Thailand refugees in 2014 census

    The Ministry of Immigration and Population says it wants to include Burmese refugees living in Thailand, which is estimated to be around 130,000 people, in the 2014 census.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Kachin clashes blamed on poor oversight of peace deal

    Activists have blamed the latest clashes in northern Burma on a failure by both the government and Kachin rebels to follow up on their peace agreements.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Burma minister slams govt response to Sandoway violence

    A local government minister has blasted Burma’s “weak” response to the recent Muslim-Buddhist clashes in Arakan’s Sandoway township, which claimed seven lives.

    Lead Story News Politics

    At least 20 Burmese fishermen missing in Bay of Bengal

    At least 20 fishermen from Irrawaddy division’s Bogale and Pyapon townships are missing in the Bay of Bengal after getting caught in swirling winds caused by Cyclone Phailin.

    Lead Story News Society

    Chinese controversy surrounds Miss Universe Myanmar

    Media reports in China reveal that Moe Set Wine was the runner-up in the Miss Chinese International contest in 2009 under the name Yang Xinrong.

    Culture Lead Story News Travel & Tourism

    New bell rings the changes in Myaungmya

    Land prices have increased up to tenfold recently in the Irrawaddy delta town of Myaungmya where many investors believe a new 333-tonne bronze bell will become a major tourist attraction.

    Burma’s beach paradise still safe despite riots, say officials video

    Communal Violence Lead Story News Travel & Tourism Video

    Burma’s beach paradise still safe despite riots, say officials

    Security has been beefed up and a dusk-to-dawn curfew has been lifted in the Ngapali beach zone although it still remains in place in the main Sandoway district.

    Lead Story News Property

    Govt says it’s working to return confiscated lands to farmers

    Burma’s Land Utilisation committee vows that it is working to resolve all cases of land grabs and return seized lands to their rightful owners before the end of the government’s term in 2015.

    Lead Story Media News

    Media unions call for journalism university

    Burma’s various journalist organisations intend to put pressure on the government to open an international-standard journalism university.

    Lead Story Media News

    Press council meets with NLD to discuss disputed draft media bill

    Burma’s interim press council met with the representatives from the NLD on Tuesday as the group attempts to shore up support for a new media bill drafted by the group that stirred up controversy

    Lead Story Media News

    Ministry pledges to work with press council to address contentious media law

    Information Minister Aung Kyi said government officials were committed to addressing disputed articles in a controversial media draft bill that was largely panned by the country’s transitional press advisory board late last month

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