Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By BBC Police have found two more bodies in the western Burmese state of Rakhine, bringing the death toll to seven after recent deadly religious clashes. The bodies are those of two local Buddhist men. Police said last week that four men and a 94-year-old woman...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By DVB 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...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY Following last week’s outbreak of deadly inter-communal violence in Thandwe Township, southern Arakan State, police arrested 48 people for their role in the unrest. An Arakan politician said on Wednesday that 35 of the detained are...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By SHWE AUNG Burma’s Joint-house Committee for Reviewing the Constitution has announced through state media that it is seeking advice from political, legal, administrative and public stakeholders on how to proceed with moves to either amend or rewrite the 2008...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By Shivali Nayak Myanmar’s legal system is rapidly changing, but it still has a long way to go to reach international standards. That’s according to Dr Melissa Crouch, a researcher from the National University of Singapore’s Centre for Asian Legal...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By William Tucker Chief Correspondent for In Homeland Security 2011 marked the end of a 17 year cease-fire agreement between the Myanmar junta and the Kachin rebels of north Burma. In the two years since the cease fire broke down hundreds have been killed and tens of...
