Category: National

14 January 2014: The Women’s League of Burma (WLC), a coalition of 13 women organizations, has renewed its call for an end to the ongoing sexual crimes committed by Burma Army soldiers.

18 December 2013: Ethnic political parties in Burma say that citizens living in foreign countries must also be counted when taking a census scheduled for next year.

17 December 2013: Aung Ngeain, winner of a gold medal in archery for Burma in the 27th SEA Games, suggested that she would call it a day next year.

16 December 2013: Talented Chin archer Aung Ngeain has won a gold medal in archery for Burma in the 27th SEA Games.

13 December 2013: The Institute for International Development (IID) said that it has started a new regional economic and social development programme in Chin State, in place since last month.

05 December 2013: Christians, mostly Baptists, in Burma are celebrating the bicentennial of the arrival of American Baptist missionaries Adoniram Judson and his wife in the country.

25 November 2013: Residents from at least two wards of Sanmyo and Tet-oo-thida in Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region, are to stage a public protest against the establishment of karaoke bars in their areas.

14 November 2013: Thura Shwe Mann, Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, will travel to Chin State on Sunday, 17 November after spending one day in Kalaymyo of Sagaing Region.

08 November 2013: The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) has urged representatives of the European Union to consider the rights of ethnic minorities in Burma in the upcoming EU-Burma meeting.

06 October 2013: A new UN report highlights how poverty affecting minority groups around the world is closely linked to discrimination and racism.