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UN chief hails dialogue in Myanmar's reform process - Indiatalkies.com
United Nations, June 15: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the current efforts by Myanmar's parliamentarians to "foster genuine dialogue and participation by all political parties in the reform process" in the country.
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A child sells brooms in Rangoon.
Child servers are a common sight at the average teashop or restaurant in Burma, where often the underage employees are working at the expense of schooling.
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UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar
The U.N. humanitarian office says a relief convoy of 10 trucks is delivering food, special nutrients for children, household and hygiene kits and water purification tablets to 5,100 of the estimated 100,000 people who have been driven from their homes because of fighting between the government and rebels in Kachin State, which borders China.
Red Dirt and Pebbles: For Farmers, Broken Promises at the Myitsone Dam
A house in Aungmyinthar, Kachin State, where a resident from Myitsone village was relocated.
Monsoon threatens Myanmar's displaced Kachins - " agencies
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A Kachin woman at the Irrawaddy River in Myitkyina, Kachin State.
On a visit to China, Burmese activists from the 88 Generation Students Group have urged the main backers of the controversial Myitsone Dam to completely shut down the suspended project in north Burma.
Second Anniversary of Kachin Onslaught Marked Abroad
Some sixty ethnic Kachin and Burmese rights advocacy groups from 21 countries across the world took part in a Global Day of Action on Friday in order to mark the second anniversary of armed conflicts in Kachin State that displaced about 100,000 people.
Myanmar and Kachin rebels edge toward cease-fire
Myanmar's government and ethnic Kachin rebels have ended three days of peace talks with a tentative deal to de-escalate fighting and continue a political dialogue.
UWSA Wants Autonomous State, Not Independence
Panghsang is the Wa capital and headquarters of the United Wa State Army . The United Wa State Army is pushing to upgrade its territory from an autonomous region to an officially recognized autonomous state in northeast Burma, but is not aspiring for complete independence from the national government, the ethnic armed group said.
Briefing: Fresh hopes for peace in Myanmar's Kachin State
The UN and others have welcomed recent peace talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in Myanmar's conflict-affected Kachin State, but building trust will take time, say experts.
Myanmar: Ban welcomes ceasefire agreement in Kachin
According to media reports, the seven-point plan reached by the two parties includes an agreement to a preliminary ceasefire.
Kachin Detainees Set for Release After Peace Talks
MYITKYINA, Kachin State-The government will release ethnic Kachin detainees who were arrested under the Unlawful Association Act, including Brang Shawng, a top official said on Friday.
Myanmar 'reaches truce' with Kachin rebels
Myanmar has reached a preliminary ceasefire with Kachin rebels, a negotiator said, raising hopes of an end to two years of fighting.
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Lt. Gen. Myint Soe, left, of Defence Ministry, sits together with Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.
Mining, Plantations Affect Livelihoods of Kachin Villagers, NGO Says
Small-scale gold miners pump water from a tributary of the Irrawaddy River in Kachin State.
UN Special Envoy, Chinese Observers Attend Kachin Peace Talks
Burma: Kachin people wish for international observers in peace talks
A series of skirmishes took place in Kachin and northern Shan State despite government officials declaring that war has been stopped between government troops and ethnic armies.
Helping displaced children in rebel-held parts of Kachin
Children's laughter rings out from bamboo huts along the perimeter of the Lana Zup Ja camp for internally displaced persons in a part of Myanmar's Kachin State controlled by the Kachin Independence Army : A group of pre-schoolers are playing in a plywood hut, seemingly oblivious to the squalid conditions surrounding them.
FACTBOX-Human rights abuses in numbers
A Kachin refugee boy wraps himself with a blanket at a refugee camp at Man Si township in Kachin State, Myanmar, January 19, 2013.