CHIBA – Four families from Myanmar arrived Friday night in Tokyo on a pilot U.N. refugee resettlement program introduced in fiscal 2010.
The families are from ethnic minorities in Myanmar and had been living in a refugee camp in Thailand, across the border. After a 180-day vocational and Japanese...
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Democratic Voice of Burma,
07 Oct 2013 (9 years ago )
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...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet with Myanmar President to discuss the human rights situation in his country as it assumes the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2014, a top official said here on Thursday.
Myanmar symbolically took over the ASEAN Chairmanshi...
A Japanese aid agency has promised to provide low-interest loans to the Mon State government for road building and other infrastructure projects.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to finance the reconstruction of a small road that runs between Tarana village in Kyaikmaraw Towns...
The Union Peacemaking Work Committee formed by the government and the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) held peace talks for the third time in Loikaw, Kayah State on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The discussions focused on four proposals submitted by the KNPP and three by the UPWC.
Among the seve...
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Democratic Voice of Burma,
31 Oct 2013 (9 years ago )
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 ...
