Category: Ethnic News

18 March 2015 — The third ethnic media conference kicks off at the Carson Hall in Hakha, Chin State today, with Union and State government officials in attendance.

10 March 2015 — The third ethnic media conference is to be held in Hakha, Chin State from 18 to 20 March, with an estimated participants of about 200 from across the country and abroad.

25 March 2014 – With the start of the national census less than a week away, Mon leaders are pushing for their true ethnic identities to be written on ID cards.

22 March 2014 – Ethnic Karen religious leaders, both Buddhist and Christian, met in Hpa-an earlier this week to discuss their involvement in the current peace-building process between Karen armed groups and the Burmese government.

22 March 2014 – Villagers of Kholam in southern Shan State have been told they will lose access to farmland at some point between this year and 2015. The construction of a military golf course on lands occupied by the Shan villagers has already resulted in the displacement of farmers.

10 March 2014: Mai Democracy, aka Van Nei Kim, is to speak as one of the plenary panelists at the 2014 East-West Centre’s International Media Conference in Rangoon, Burma.

05 March 2014: The second ethnic media conference taking place in Taunggyi, Shan State has unanimously agreed with a proposal to hold the next event in Hakha, Chin State.

04 March 2014: The Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) has strongly condemned Burma army soldiers for their attacks that left a village headman dead and two women injured in Shan State.

03 March 2014: Representatives of Chin media agencies based both inside and outside of Chin State are to join the second ethnic media conference to be held in Taunggyi, Shan State on 4-6 March.