As many as a thousand people turned out to pay their last respects at Padoh Saw David Taw’s funeral which was held at Thay Bay Hta in the Karen National Union 7th brigade.
A Japanese philanthropic organization said it is sending $3 million in immediate aid to ethnic groups in Burma, some of which are still locked in armed conflict with the Burmese government.
People in Laikha township, Shan State South, where the Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’ is active, has been warned by military authorities to steer clear of the SSA or face the notorious Section 17-1 (unlawful association), according to local sources.
Burma’s long delayed Foreign Investment Law could be passed with a few days, President Thein Sein said on Sunday, in his first-ever press conference with the media in Naypyitaw.
A football tournament that is being hosted with funds collected from locals by authorities in Matupi - the second capital of Chin state – has made some people angry.
The Lower House committee for the Rule of Law and Stability has received more than 1,700 complaint letters seeking help, according to an article on the Elevennews website on Sunday.
Maungdaw south, Arakan State: Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) shot and killed an elderly man, and arrested 10 people after the security force opened fire on a village.
The United States says it will back Burma as an observer at the US-Thai Cobra Gold joint military exercises next year, in a major breakthrough for Burma which seeks to normalize relations with the US.
A Matupi cultural dance group was awarded the maximum number of prizes during a state-level cultural dance competition, in Chin state capital, Hakha, Burma.
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