Representatives of the Myanmar Military proposed to set Karen State as a pilot area for removing landmines at the Union Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JMC-U) at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon yesterday, state media reported. Representatives of the ethnic armed organ...

BRUSSELS - The EU said Tuesday it will for the first time deploy observers in Myanmar's upcoming elections when the opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to make significant gains against the military-dominated government. "The mission confirms the European Union's continued commitment to ...

A Law for the conservation of Myanmar’s underground water resources has been drafted and is hoped to be enacted in the near future, said U Ba Shwe, an adviser to the Ministry of Construction and the National Water Resources Committee. “We have been working on developing this law since 2014 with g...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the military hierarchy will review the counter-insurgency operations in order to improve the performance of troops in the North East. Buratai disclosed this while addressing troops at the Nigerian Army 7 Division Tactical Headquarters in Bama o...

The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has been unable to establish the State-level Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-S) even though it signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) two and a half months ago, according to NMSP’s vice-chair Nai Hong Sar. “We have requested three places – Mon and Kayin [st...