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“We will soon be discussing procedures to relocate our office [to Burma] where we can continue our mission and operations,” said Naw Hser Hser.
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“Two of them survived but the other two are still missing. One of the survivors managed to grab hold of a tree root which saved his life.”
The Burmese consulate in Chiang Mai has issued a warning to expectant mothers to postpone any travel plans to the northern Thai city amid a spread of the Zika virus.
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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.
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The government has defended itself against accusations of bias at overseas advance voting sites after reports circulated suggesting chaos and mismanagement.
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Only seven of 19 delegations attending the summit of ethnic armed groups today in Chiang Mai have agreed to sign a nationwide ceasefire with Naypyidaw.
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Despite a huge population of Burmese migrants living in northern Thailand, few say they will vote in the coming general election.
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Thailand and Burma signed an agreement on Tuesday to allow citizens with ordinary passports to make visa-free visits of up to 14 days.
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The Burmese government team charged with signing a nationwide ceasefire agreement with the ethnic armed groups has said it does not wish to amend the NCA.
Burmese military officials have called on their Thai counterparts to help capture Kokang rebel leader Peng Jiasheng who they claim is hiding in Thailand.
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A Burmese migrant worker in Chiang Mai abandoned her newborn baby on the doorstep of a police officer’s house on Sunday.
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Seven Shan migrant workers from Burma were killed when a truck carrying them collided with a train in northern Thailand.
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NCCT and UPWC agree to meet in Rangoon. KIA leader says discussions aimed at defusing the Kokang conflict will be included.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
The Union Peace-Making Work Committee decline to to sign an agreement on forming a federal union, saying the ethnic parties have yet to establish ‘mutual ground’ among themselves.
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A Shan spokesman said the objective was to work out an MoU, because the proposed ceasefire agreement is unlikely to be signed by 12 February.
A vigil was held by Burmese migrants in Thailand for two murdered British tourists.
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The following collection of photographs of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand is taken by US photographer John Hulme over a period of seven-years.
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He didn’t get rich, but a waiter from Burma can at least rest easy knowing he did the honest thing when he returned a bag containing a million baht (US$33,000) to customers at his Chiang Mai restaurant.
A leader of Burma’s main ethnic bloc, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), said its members are hopeful that the Karen National Union (KNU) will rejoin the group after their sudden withdrawal earlier this week.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
Chairman of the ethnic bloc says it will reserve two leading positions for representatives of the Karen Nation Union despite the Karen group walking out of the UNFC conference in Chiang Mai on Sunday.
After walking out on ethnic talks on Sunday, the Karen National Union (KNU) has suspended its membership with the United Nationalities Federal Council.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
The United Nationalities Federal Council, an umbrella organisation of ethnic armed groups, is to hold an official meeting with the National League for Democracy and other Burmese pro-democracy groups for the first time.
A Myanmar Peace Centre spokesman said they discussed the issue of federalism with the ethnic armed group alliance Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team when they met in Chiang Mai this week.
Lead Story News Women's Issues
“It is necessary to amend the 2008 Constitution as it protects those who violate women’s rights. We also urge the various parties in the peace process to help adopt policies that will ensure justice and security for women.” –WLB
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Arbitrary arrests of Burmese migrants continue happening in Chiang Mai, with many saying that the police would only release them after a “protection fee” was paid.
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100 Thai police raided a Burmese neighbourhood in Chiang Mai to detain undocumented migrant workers.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
Leaders of several of Burma’s ethnic armed groups are convening this week in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in the lead-up to bilateral ceasefire talks.
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Representatives of the Shan State Army-South meet with a Burmese government delegation in Chiang Mai where they discuss the draft framework for a nationwide ceasefire that has already been approved by 16 other ethnic armed groups.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
The Burmese government has reached what one observer said was an 80 percent consensus with the ethnic groups on a framework to implement a nationwide ceasefire agreement.
