Possible ways to solve the clashes that had broken out between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Border Guard Force (BGF) under the Ministry of Defense is to raise the case with the Union Peacemaking Committee, Aung Naing Oo of Myanmar Peace Center said.

Min Ko Naing, a leading democracy activist in Myanmar will visit South Korea tomorrow to receive his "Gwangju Prize for Human Rights" for 2009 awarded by the May 18 Memorial foundation.

President Thein Sein will pay a working visit to the United States, according to a news release of the state information group of Myanmar yesterday.

President Thein Sein will pay a working visit to the United States, according to a news release of the state information group of Myanmar yesterday.

State television announced the visit yesterday, saying it came at the invitation of President Obama. But it gave no exact date of the visit.

It will be the first state visit of a Myanmar president to the US in almost half a century. Thein Sein is planning to travel to Washington on May 20 or 21, AFP quoted an anonymous source from the US congress as saying.

Last September, Thein Sein visited the US to attend the UN General Assembly but he had been only to New York, where the meeting took place.

President Obama visited Myanmar in November last year as a move to encourage democracy.

During his stay, the US president called for continued reform process.

Chinese and American ambassadors to Myanmar met separately with the leaders of 88 Generation Peace and Open Society on May 13.