This year’s census showed a population almost 10 million short of the estimated figure.
Day: September 3, 2014
Bullet Points: 3 September 2014
Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson.
Fighting breaks out between Pa-O and Shan armies
Tensions between the PNLA and the Shan State Army-South boil over following earlier incidents in the Mauk Mae area.
Russia looks East
Russia proposes a significant increase in bilateral trade with Burma, expecting to reach US$500 million, establishes itself as a prominent trade partner.
UNFC opens 2 top positions for KNU
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…
British activist’s defamation trial begins in Bangkok
A potentially precedent-setting trial began on Tuesday in Bangkok, as British activist Andy Hall faced the first of four libel charges against him for his research about a Thai company’s…