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Myanmar’s Union Parliament on December 29 approved the land demarcation for the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the western Rakhine state.

Dozens of people were still missing by December 26 after a landslide occurred in a jade mining area in northern Myanmar , the second such incident in just over a month, according to local media.

The Myanmar government has invited Wa ethnic armed group, one of the seven remaining ceasefire non-signatories, to join the union-level peace conference slated for January 12, 2016.

Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) party and eight ethnic armed groups have vowed to build mutual trust and understanding as well as join hands in the country’s peace process.

Myanmar’s Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) on December 15 approved the draft framework for holding political dialogue between the Government and ethnic armed groups.

The Government of Myanmar has set up a committee to facilitate the transfer of power from the current government to the National League for Democracy Party (NLD).

Myanmar’s first stock exchange was officially inaugurated in Yangon on December 9 with six local companies listed.

Myanmar President U Thein Sein met Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of the election-winning opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), for a dialogue, in Nay Pyi Taw on December 2.

National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet President Thein Sein and military chief Min Aung Hlaing on December 2 in Naypyidaw.

The Myanmar Government and ethnic armed groups met to draft a 10-point dialogue framework at the Myanmar Peace Centre on November 29.

Myanmar's tripartite Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) has convened at the Myanmar Peace Centre for the first time to prepare for drafting a dialogue framework under the peace process.

The Myanmar Peace Centre on November 21 announced that the country established a trilateral UPDJC to implement political dialogues between the government and ethnic armed groups.

At least 90 people were killed in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin , local officials said on November 22.

Myanmar has recently unveiled a master plan for the construction of an expressway network and sub-arterial roads nationwide.