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PPST meeting (5/2019) – (photo: NCA-S EAO)
October 15, 2019
General Yawd Serk Interim Team Leader of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) noted in his opening speech at the PPST meeting held on October 10,...
Arakanese villagers face troubles as firing often breaks out
October 15, 2019
Residents from several villages in northern Rathidaung township of Arakan had fled after heavy firing incidents broke out in their localities...
Hsenwi welcome sign
October 15, 2019
A 20-year-old pregnant woman and her 25-year-old husband were injured when an artillery shell hit Hsenwi town in northern Shan State on Friday...
photo by mmtimes.com
October 15, 2019
Tourists from six countries, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Russia, can now enter Myanmar with no requirement for pre-arranged...
October 15, 2019
Locals refused to meet officials on Thursday from a company set to build a hydropower dam on the Nam Ma River in Hsipaw, northern Shan State. The...
Photo by – Taifreedom
October 15, 2019
A landmine explosion on a tea farm killed a woman and injured her husband this week in Kyaukme Township. The couple—Nang Nguen and Sai Thein—...
October 15, 2019
Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) signatory to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have agreed in principle to resume official peace...
October 15, 2019
At least five locals were injured by the firing of artillery shells during fighting between the Burma Army and members of the Northern Alliance of...
Photo: Action for Shan State Rivers
October 15, 2019
This week local residents blocked the entrance to Nam Ma village to stop UNIENGERY company staff from coming to promote the building of a...
October 15, 2019
Locals in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township say that they are ready to stand against a planned hydropower dam on the Nam Ma River because of its...
Ministry of Transport (Upper Myanmar) Deputy General Manager and Joint Feasibility Committee for Mandalay-Muse electric locomotive rail project secretary (1) Htay Hlaing. Photo: Mizzima
October 15, 2019
Ministry of Transport (Upper Myanmar) Deputy General Manager and Joint Feasibility Committee for Mandalay-Muse electric locomotive rail project...
October 15, 2019
A bomb exploded near a construction site of the NLD’s new office located east of Pan Zin bridge in Buthidaung Township on Thursday morning, said U Ye...