Analysis Contributor Lead Story News Opinion Peace Process
The military finds itself in a tight spot, while the ethnic groups’ prove their integrity by going back to the negotiation table, says lawyer Aung Htoo.
Politicians who were denied the right to take up their seats in parliament have vowed to sue the leaders of the military junta that previously ruled Burma.
Lead Story News Politics Protest
Key Burmese figures react to the violent scenes from Letpadan on Tuesday.
Lead Story News Protest Rangoon
Students at Rangoon University to ask Burmese government to rebuild Student’s Union destroyed by the military in 1962 protests.
Kachin Lead Story News Peace Process
Lanyaw Zawng Hra says KIO came to the negotiating table with ‘an honest hope’ that political problems would be solved, but the Burmese government has its own agenda and wants ethnic armed groups eliminated.
Analysis Contributor Lead Story Rohingya
A former UK ambassador says the name “Rohingya” was unknown to British colonial administrators, and that Western insistence on using the term is not helping the Bengali community’s cause.
Local residents in Mandalay Division’s Myittha Township are staging a plough protest to demand the return of farmland.
Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Some 800 farmers in Mandalay Division begin ploughing more than 3,000 acres of farmland as a protest for its return since it was allegedly confiscated by the military government about 40 years ago.
With just one month to go till the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games begins in Burma, it has not escaped our attention that the opening ceremony in Naypyidaw will take place on 11.12.13. But does this auspicious date bode well for Burmese athletes?
The move came soon after Union Day on 12 February when the NMSP held an armed parade despite objections from local Burmese authorities.
A joint-statement signed by the parties blamed Suu Kyi’s government, accusing it of incompetence.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
The visit is the first by senior international observers to northern Arakan State since the area came under military lockdown more than three weeks ago.
Human Rights Lead Story News Photos
Some 20,000 convicts toil in prison labour camps across the country, where they face abuse, exploitation and forced labour, a Myanmar Now investigation finds.
Kachin Lead Story News Peace Process
“We have no agenda to make a presentation or discuss anything at the conference,” said KIO spokesperson Naw Bo.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
In his opening speech at today’s event, KNU Chairman Gen. Mutu Say Poe said that all the ethnic armed groups share one vision – building a federal union that can guarantee genuine peace.
On Sunday, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi took a trip down memory lane – to what is now the Bogyoke Aung San Museum in Bahan Township.
Next week’s meeting will mark the first time the UNFC has sat for talks with the Burmese government.
Lead Story Military News Politics
As he cements himself as the second most powerful figure in Burma post-election, Min Aung Hlaing has transformed himself from soldier into a politician.
A Kachin drug vigilante group has claimed the Burmese army blocked their latest attempt to destroy poppy fields in Burma’s far north.
“They are trying to find a solution that doesn’t step on everyone’s red lines.”
The ability for Suu Kyi’s party to guide a politically-autonomous Burmese army through the next stages of a tense peace process remains one of the significant questions on the eve of a new era for the former pariah state.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
A key signatory the nationwide ceasefire has concerns over the lack of clarity from Suu Kyi and called on her to keep the team that struck the deal intact.
The Burmese military on Saturday urged civilians displaced by war in southern Shan State to return home. Over 1,000 people remain in a displacement camp near the town of Mongshu,[…]
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Burma’s former dictator sees Suu Kyi as the country’s “future leader” and has pledged to support her, despite her being barred from the presidency.
Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Burma’s president and military commander-in-chief met Suu Kyi today for talks billed as the first steps towards the transfer of power.
Arts Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Once only discussed in hushed privacy, NLd supporters are proudly proclaiming their support for Suu Kyi in the most permanent way possible – tattoos.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Refugees
For the 110,000 living in refugee camps, hopes are high that a hated government will be defeated, but fears remain of an uncertain future.
Feature Lead Story News Travel & Tourism
A Scottish firm has been reliving the heady days of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company with luxury river cruises.
The Karenni State government has ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Mawchi, following a deadly mudslide that claimed the lives of 28 locals.
Interview Lead Story News Video
DVB’s Nay Thwin sat down with Kachin Independence Organisation executive member Gun Maw to discuss why his group rejected a long-sought-after ceasefire agreement with Naypyidaw.
