The National League for Democracy (NLD) in Tanintharyi Region says it is ready to cooperate with the Dawei Nationalities Party (DNP) in order to implement regional development. In order to move forward with this effort the party in Tanintharyi must receive instruction from party headquarters, accor...

RANGOON — Burma’s President Htin Kyaw has formed nine new committees and commissions, including a National Planning Commission, over which he will preside, and a committee to oversee the country’s protracted land disputes, chaired by the ethnic Chin Vice President Henry Van Thio. According to a sta...

A ceremony to present compensation to the farmers was held at the meeting room of the General Administration Department in Shwegyin Township, Bago Region yesterday morning. At the ceremony, Bago Region Minister for Electricity and Road Transport U Than Win made an opening speech. Afterwards, Bago...

Faced with the largest population outflow in Latin America of recent years, 95 organizations covering 16 countries have been working together to establish a comprehensive response to the urgent needs of millions of refugees and migrants from Venezuela, and host communities. This effort is coordinate...

As hundreds of Burundian refugees continue to flow into neighbouring countries every week, UNHCR is calling on host governments to urgently provide more land to ensure shelter and avert a drastic deterioration in conditions. The number of people fleeing Burundi, where peace talks have stalled, ha...

Although Ghana pledged in 2015 to end statelessness in 2016, it still remains one of the few West African countries yet to implement the national action plan to eradicate statelessness. The Abidjan Declaration was adopted in 2015 by Head of States of the Economic Community of West African States ...

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Myanmar government peace negotiators and the Karen National Union (KNU) have vowed to resume formal peace talks as quickly as possible, after they were postponed late last month. The KNU decided to pause formal peace talks in late October citing the need for further interna...

YANGON- Yangon Region Government Committee had formed a Special Investigation Team to solve land confiscation cases of Ngwe Pin Le Dry Port Project to be implemented by Yangon Metropolitan Company. This information comes from MP Kyaw Zeya from No.2 Constituency of Dagon Township who is also the ...