Sep 22, 2013 | News / Article
AFP YANGON — Activists praised Myanmar authorities Saturday for allowing a peace march through Yangon calling for an end to the nation’s civil conflicts, after several people were charged for rallying without permission last year. Around 300 people joined the...
Sep 22, 2013 | News / Article
Global Times Myanmar will hold National Dialogue for peace making throughout the country in the early 2014 with participation of all important stakeholders,said U Aung Min, vice chairman of the government’s Central Peace Making Work Committee, at a ceremony on...
Sep 21, 2013 | News / Article
Written by Kachin News Group Maj-Gen Tun Tun Naung, commander of Burma Army Northern Regional Military Command, conceded yesterday that government soldiers interrogated Rev. Ram Mai in early September, according to Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC). Rev. Ram Mai, a...
Sep 21, 2013 | News / Article
KNG News – Kachin News Group Over the last several weeks hundreds of Burma army troops have been deployed to the Pangwa area to reinforce pro-government border guard force (BGF) units, according to one former member of the militia that didn’t want their name...
Sep 21, 2013 | Rohingya Articles
By SARA TRACEY UTICA — In a familiar mix of mostly Burmese, Bhutanese, Sudanese and Iraqi refugees, the Mohawk Valley Refugee Center has surpassed its quota of new arrivals for the year. As of Wednesday, the center has welcomed 461 refugees, slightly more than the 450...