KORA BARU, 2 November 2016 - Four Burmese nationals including a woman working in Malaysia were brutally killed in a murder case believed to be related to ethnic conflict in Burma.

Statement of Myanmar Indigenous Peoples/Ethnic Nationalities Network

12 October 2015 -- For the first time, Burmese citizens legally residing in Malaysia will be allowed to cast advance vote for the upcoming November 8 general elections.

28 August 2015 -- Landslides, believed to have been triggered by heavy rains starting yesterday, have destroyed houses and graves in Mizoram State, India.

15 July 2015 -- Thailand, China and Burma are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding for the development of the 7,000-megawatt Mong Ton hydropower project on the upper Salween River this year, Thailand’s The Nation reported on Wednesday, quoting Thai Energy Minister Narongchai Akrasanee.

14 July 2015 -- Most of the leading figures in the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) group do not intend running for parliament in the upcoming general election, but will instead be assisting Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) with its campaign.

13 July 2015 -- Two hundred and fifty workers circled the Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone on Sunday, chanting for a baseline daily wage of 4,000 kyat (US$3.33).

10 July 2015 -- Three leading political activists in Mandalay have each been sentenced to four months in prison for staging a peaceful protest without permission in March.

IPOH, 10 June 2015 - Four Malaysian immigration officers were arrested and remanded for allegedly demanding and extorting money from refugees detained at detention depots.

08 June 2015 -- The authorities in Burma have sent back 18 people to their native Mizoram State, India after detaining them in Tamu town of Sagaing Region for more than two months.