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The United Nationalities Alliance, which represents leaders from many of Burma’s major ethnic groups, has released an open letter addressed to the U.S. President Barack Obama urging him to be cautious in America’s relations with the military-backed government of Burma. The letter comes on the heels of Barack Obama’s visit to the once isolated country. The US President’s 6-hour visit…

A group of six ethnic political parties from Burma – the Nationalities Brotherhood Forum, released a statement to announce that they want newsletters and journals published in ethnic languages as they cannot rely on the government to do so. The statement released during the NBF’s quarterly meeting was also attended by representatives from ethnic political parties. Sa Be Kyin Oo,…

Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy elected Members of Parliament took their seats in parliament following a week’s delay due to dispute over the parliamentary admission oath in the constitution. U Nyan Win spoke person for NLD said that their turnaround decision to take the oath and join the parliament is based on two reasons. Speaking…

National League for Democracy candidates elected as Members of Parliament in the recent by-elections will not take their seats when parliament reopens today, as they do not agree with the current constitution. U Nyan Win, a NLD spokeperson, told Karen News that his party’s MP’s were invited to the constitutional court to discuss the issue but the NLD still disagrees…

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Burma this week is the highest-level visit by a Western leader to the strife-torn country since United States secretary-of-state Hillary Clinton briefly visited in November last year. But despite reforms that have so far taken place, including allowing the leading opposition party, the NLD, to compete in April’s by-elections, human rights abuses are…

Karen leaders based inside Burma said they are satisfied so far with the way the ‘peace talks’ between the Karen National Union and the government delegations are progressing. The Karen Member of Parliament, Nan Say Hwa from Hpa-an told Karen News that there is more support for the KNU’s the second round of peace talks than for the first round.…

Mahn Johny, the National League for Democracy’s, victorious by-election candidate in Myaungmya Township, Irrawaddy Region, says he will use his parliamentary seat to work for the people and he wants to see an end to Burma’s civil wars. His advisor, Sakhin Zaw Lin, told Karen News that Mahn Johny wants to help to try to stop the civil wars and…

A large jubilant crowd of chanting people crowded around the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) headquarters in Rangoon to celebrate what they claim is a landslide victory for ‘the country’s rightful leader – Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’. The NLD say the result means Aung San Suu Kyi can now take her seat in Burma’s parliament for the first time.…

Voters in the three villages under the Kaw Mu Township, where NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi is contesting say they have had a chance to vote freely and securely. A source at the polling stations 1, 2, 3 in A Pyauk village and polling station 2 in Ma Kyi Kan village under the Kaw Mu Township told Karen News.…

Staff at the polling station 1, at Pyi Taw Tar, under the Kaw Mu Township electorate denied voters’ requests to change the waxed covered voting cards they were issued, with unwaxed cards that they could write on, according to local witnesses. A Yangon Press International journalist told Karen News about a voter, Daw Kyi Aye’s claims that it was impossible…