The second round of nationwide ceasefire talks between Myanmar government and 17 ethnic armed groups scheduled for late this month has been put off until next month, the Kayin National Union (KNU) was quoted by local 7-Day Daily as saying on Monday.
The second round of talks between the governme...
President Thein Sein and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold Myanmar-Japan Summit today in Tokyo, where Japan is expected to give more loans to Myanmar.
The loan is seen by some observers as an attempt to counterbalance China's influence on Myanmar and support Japanese investors as well....
About 120 homes were destroyed and two people were injured on Friday in a blaze that devastated the Mae La refugee camp, about 60km north of Mae Sot on the Thai side of the border with Burma.
Naw Day Day Poe, secretary of the refugee camp, said the fire broke out in the camp’s Zone C-3 around 2pm...
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Democratic Voice of Burma,
30 Dec 2013 (9 years ago )
The Burmese government has reached what one observer said was an 80 percent consensus with the ethnic groups on a framework to implement a nationwide ceasefire agreement.
The news comes after a meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Sunday between the Internal Peace Making Work Committee (IPMWC) and...
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Democratic Voice of Burma,
08 Jan 2014 (9 years ago )
Japan has pledged 10 billion yen (US$96 million) to develop infrastructure in the conflict-torn ethnic regions of Burma.
At a press conference on Monday in Rangoon, Japanese Ambassador Mikio Numata said Tokyo plans for the development aid package to be used over the next five years to improve liv...
