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  • Kayin armed groups to make constitutional amendments

    news Eleven Newsmedia, 05 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    Kayin armed groups will submit the provisions they want to amend in the 2008 Constitution to the Kayin Solidarity and Peace Committee before submitting them to the government, according to a member of the committee. "They are planning to submit the issues including the ones in the constitution to...
  • President to focus on rural development

    news Mizzima, 02 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    A network of children’s welfare hubs is to be rolled out in each township over the next five years as part of a government initiative to improve implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Department of Social Welfare is to open or expand 66 offices next year in key townsh...
  • KNU supports Karen businesses

    news Karen News, 12 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    The Karen National Union in a move to get behind locally owned businesses has offered its support to Karen entrepreneurs. The Karen National Union’s Mergui-Tavoy District said it is ready to offer its support to Karen companies wanting to set up business in its area. In a recent meeting in Dawei, ...
  • Myanmar Government, Kachin Rebels to Hold Top-Level Peace Talks

    news Radio Free Asia, 17 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    Myanmar’s Kachin rebel leaders have agreed to meet with top government peace negotiators next month in a bid to forge a cease-fire agreement that could pave the way for a nationwide peace accord encompassing all of the country’s armed ethnic groups, negotiation committee members said Tuesday. Th...
  • USDP committee begins review of all constitutional drafts since 1947

    news Eleven Newsmedia, 12 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    The central executive committee of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party has begun making observations on all previous drafts of the Constitution—including the 2008 Constitution—as part of measures to amend necessary clauses prescribed in 2008, said Htay Oo, vice-chairman of the ruling p...
  • Ethnic TV launches in Burma

    news Democratic Voice of Burma, 10 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    The National Races Channel premiered on Sunday, becoming the first TV channel dedicated exclusively to Burma’s ethnic minorities which make up nearly 40 percent of the country’s 60 million people. Broadcast from Naypyidaw by state-run Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV), the new channel is curren...
  • Karen Villagers Demand Compensation For Land Losses Caused By Cement Factory

    news Karen News, 20 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    armers have demanded compensation for their land confiscated and for losses of land to mining and a cement factory in Hlakar village track, in Hpa-an, Karen State. The Hlakar farmers held a meeting in the village on September 12 that decided to present their five-point demands through the Member of...
  • Karen Parties In Move To Be One For 2015 Election

    news Karen News, 22 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    The leaders of four different Karen political parties met over two days to discuss how to merge their organisations into one for Burma’s next general election in 2015. In an effort to merge the parties, leaders of the Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party, the Karen People’s Party, the Karen State Democrac...
  • Only a quarter of confiscated land being used: minister

    news Myanmar Times, 23 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )
    Less than one-quarter of all land concessions awarded to private companies have actually been developed, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has revealed, as it called on regional governments to move faster on resolving land disputes. More than 6400 companies have been awarded concessions ...
  • Most Burmese Refugees in Thailand Don’t Want Return: Survey

    news Irrawaddy, 01 Oct 2013 (10 years ago )
    Nine out of 10 refugees on the Thai-Burma border would prefer to resettle in third countries or stay in Thailand instead of being repatriated to Burma, according to a recent survey by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. More than 120,000 refugees have been living outside Burma in camps on the ...