UN Rights Rapporteur Calls for Repeal of VFV Land Law
UN Rights Rapporteur Calls for Repeal of VFV Land Law In a statement, Yanghee Lee noted the use of the controversial Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands M…
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MUP to Draw up Strategy for Winning Next Year’s Elections
MUP to Draw up Strategy for Winning Next Year’s Elections The recently merged ethnic Mon party aims to win big in the 2020 general elections after a d…
Villagers Flee as Burma Army, AA Clashes Intensify
Villagers Flee as Burma Army, AA Clashes Intensify Burma Army restrictions on access to conflict-affected areas have made it nearly impossible to prov…
KBC Leaders Meet Trump, Seek Help with Federal Transition
KBC Leaders Meet Trump, Seek Help with Federal Transition Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson, president of the Kachin Baptist Convention, also thanked Trump. B…
Flood Victims in Burma’s North Short on Food
Flood Victims in Burma’s North Short on Food Flooding along a stretch of the Irrawaddy River from Myitkyina to Mandalay has left many struggling to fi…
Three Bodies Recovered from Hpakant Landslide
Three Bodies Recovered from Hpakant Landslide Hopes of finding the remains of a fourth man who died in the landslide are slim, according to rescue wor…
Yanghee Lee Meets Burmese Activists Based in Thailand
Yanghee Lee Meets Burmese Activists Based in Thailand The visit by the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma was kept tightl…
Mon State Parliament Approves New Minister
Mon State Parliament Approves New Minister Tun Min Aung, a 43-year-old ethnic Mon MP, is picked to lead the state’s newly formed Ministry of Immigrati…
Land Grabs, Aung San Statue on Peace Talk Agenda: KNPP
Land Grabs, Aung San Statue on Peace Talk Agenda: KNPP The group will hold peace talks with government and Burma Army representatives this week. By…