The Karen National Union (KNU) is ready to sign a nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to one of its most prominent central executive committee members, Mahn Nyein Maung, who spoke to DVB in an interview on Monday. “The KNU is looking to find solutions to all political issues through a natio...

Representatives of 17 ethnic rebels attending a conference in Laiza, Kachin State, officially signed an agreement on Saturday, in which they conditionally supported a government-proposed nationwide ceasefire agreement. Only one group, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), did not sign. Na...

Myanmar President Thein Sein held a meeting with nearly 50 top politicians and ethnic leaders on Monday at his residence in Naypyidaw to discuss constitutional reform and press them to reach a nationwide cease-fire agreement next month, a leader of an opposition party said. Thein Sein met with 48...