The eight principles are: sovereignty; equality; self-determination; establishment of a genuine federal union; protection of ethnic rights, democratic rights and basic human rights; gender equality; a multi-party democratic system; and secularism.

Two Muslim youths say they weren't permitted to take part in an ethnic youth conference in Panlong, Shan State, because they didn't represent any of Burma's ethnic groups.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, says non-ceasefire groups are welcome to join future peace talks, as armed groups push for more inclusive negotiations.

More than 20 months after witnessing government forces violently abduct his wife, a farmer turned refugee from Burma's Kachin struggles to move forward

A time lapse of Maijayang’s Pakahtawng camp in Kachin state. There are 2457 people living in the camp - the children are from northern...

Photojournalist Ryan Libre takes a look at daily life in the Kachin IDP camps in Maijayang, northern Kachin state. The children’s parents sent them...