A Shan police spokesman said that more than 100 rebel fighters carried out a surprise attack on a security outpost at the Nangpau bridge crossing on Sunday morning.

Burma's warring rebel leaders have thrown their support behind the National League for Democracy's pick for President, set to take over the country's fractured peace process.

The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT), made up of representatives from 14 ethnic armed groups, is sitting in Chiang Mai from 26 to 28 November to discuss proposals for a ceasefire after decades of conflict with Burmese government forces.

Leading officials from 11 political parties based in Burma concluded talks on Saturday with representatives of ethnic armed groups, as well as exiled political groups and civic society organisations, in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai.

Mar 24, 2009 (AFP), Myanmar's military government has asked Thailand to help negotiate with ethnic minority groups still battling junta rule ahead of elections...

This is the second instalment in a four-part series remembering the first year of the cataclysmic military coup in Burma. The first instalment, "2021, The...