The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has agreed to a further round of peace talks later this month with the Myanmar government’s Union-level Peacemaking Committee, according to KIO peace delegation leader Swong Lut Gum.
The ongoing peace process in Burma that began in 2011 has been good for cross-border trade between the two countries, according to Thai security sources.
This year is the 64th anniversary of the Karen Revolution Day and for the first time, members of the Burma government’s army and militia attended the ceremony.
At least one person was killed and two were missing on Monday evening when an explosion and subsequent fire took place on an oil tanker on the Hlaing River in Yangon, according to rescue workers.
Squatters on P Moe Nin Road in Hlaingthaya Township in western Yangon have told Mizzima that even if local authorities take legal action to evict them, they still have no option but to continue living on that plot of land.
A high-level World Bank Group delegation led by International Financial Corporation (IFC) Executive Vice President and CEO Jin-Yong Cai are in Myanmar from February 3-5 to meet with President Thein Sein, government ministers, Aung San Suu Kyi, private sector representatives and development partners.
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