RANGOON — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha met with Burma’s President Thein Sein in Naypyidaw on Thursday, when the two military-turned-civilian leaders agreed once more to restart the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project. No timeframe for the project has been set, but the president’s s...

The government and Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) have agreed to collect demographic information in the KIO-controlled areas and ways, said an official from the Immigration and Population Ministry. The two sides are under the discussion on way to implement and complete the census-taking pro...

Burma is planning to negotiate with the Thai authorities about including refugee populations living abroad in the country’s first census for over thirty years. The Ministry of Immigration and Population says it wants to include Burmese refugees living in Thailand, which is estimated to be around ...

SC/12865 Security Council 7965th Meeting (AM) Killings Must End, Says National Representative, Urging Dialogue with Armed Groups Violence in the Central African Republic — including attacks on minority groups and peacekeepers — harkened back to the darkest days of that country’s past, but ...

Juncker wants to tackle migration at February summit Commission president worries meeting of EU leaders will be dominated by Brexit talks. By MAÏA DE LA BAUME 1/20/16, 2:55 PM CET Updated 1/21/16, 12:21 PM CET STRASBOURG — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday that a su...