Shops and banks in a border town of Myanmar's northern Shan state had been closed since Tuesday noon due to widespread explosions and assaults on police stations, the Standard Time reported Wednesday.
Two vehicles carrying aid workers to care for displaced people have been attacked by a combined forces of three ethnic armed groups as the vehicles were heading for the 105th Mile Muse Border Trade Zone in Myanmar's northern Shan state, said the Information Committee of the State Counselor's Office Tuesday.
Ever since China’s military announced earlier this year that the armed forces will end paid-for services within the next three years, a total of 1,903 paid services have been put to an end so far.
Myanmar is again in global news headlines Wednesday as the country starts a landmark peace conference, dubbed the 21st Century Panglong Meeting, in reference to a historic gathering in 1947 that led to the country's independence from Britain.
The 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference of Myanmar, which aims to unite with all ethnic nationalities and build a democratic federal union through dialogue, kicked off in Nay Pyi Taw Wednesday.
Myanmar is again in global news headlines Wednesday as the country starts a landmark peace conference, dubbed the 21st Century Panglong Meeting, in reference to a historic gathering in 1947 that led to the country's independence from Britain.
Myanmar's ceasefire non-signatory armed groups, represented by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)'s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), has vowed to continue negotiation with the government on all-inclusive peace process, according to a press release of the UNFC published on Monday.
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will hold talks with representatives of non-signatory armed groups to the Nationwide Cease fire Accord (NCA) in Yangon on July 17.
Myanmar's Preparatory Committee for Holding the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference has outlined the policy guidelines for the peace process, according to U Zaw Htay, spokesman of the President's Office on Wednesday.
Myanmar government and eight ceasefire signatory armed groups agreed on Tuesday to hold the 21st Century Panlong Ethnic Conference in late August under equality and non-secession basis, said Presidential Spokesman U Zaw Htay.
Unknown armed men gunned down a former chief of government-backed peace body, the High Peace Council (HPC), in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province on Sunday, spokesman for provincial government Dost Mohammad Nayab said Monday.
The Norwegian government on Friday proposed a substantial increase in military funding to tackle "deteriorated" security situation in its long-term plan for the Nordic country's armed forces.
Myanmar military claimed on Sunday that seven armed group members of the Shan State Army (SSA) , led by Wanhai, had been captured dead in a recent fighting between the two sides.
At least four Afghans were killed and two others injured in a suicide attack in Garmsir district of the southern Helmand province on Sunday, local police said.
Armed with an AK-47 assault rifle while attending a memorial service in the Kilagai area of the northern Baghlan province, Ziahul Haq, 21, said the deteriorating security situation in the country has forced many villagers to buy weapons for their own defense.
Myanmar's union peace conference kicked off here Tuesday, ahead of the first round of national-level formal political dialogue between the government and eight ethnic armed groups.
The Myanmar military has vowed to continue launching offensive against the ethnic Arakan Army following recent clashes with the armed group for more than 10 times, the military Myawaddy media reported Friday.