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November 2, 2017
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has visited Rohingya villages during her one-day visit to Rakhine , the first to the violence-hit state since...
November 2, 2017
A Namhsan townshp teenager has been sentenced to two years in prison under the Unlawful Association Act for alleged links to the Ta’Ang National...
State Counsellor Daw Aung Sann Suu Kyi attends the UPDJC’s 12th meeting on October 30. (Photo – State Counsellor’s Office)
November 1, 2017
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has set a 2018 deadline for drawing the hotly contested fault lines of ethnic political autonomy in Myanmar’s future federal...
The entrance road to Kha Yon Cave (Photo – kean suri)
October 31, 2017
Heritage and environmental research will be conducted at the natural limestone caves in Kyaikmaraw township, Mon State, a members of the local...
October 31, 2017
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that the government always welcomed ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) which had not yet signed...
October 31, 2017
This month another forgotten anniversary is passing by without official acknowledgement.
October 30, 2017
In another small victory for female political leadership in Myanmar, the Lahu National Development Party (LNDP) has elected a woman to chair its...
October 30, 2017
An ethnic minority tribe in Chin State plans to stage a protest next month against the planned incorporation of their village into a larger township...
October 30, 2017
Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development (UEHRD) Chief Coordinator Dr. Aung Tun Thet said that the building of...
Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting held at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on February 6 at 10 a.m. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 30, 2017
The Myanmar Government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) based in northern Myanmar had meetings for five months but two-party talks have yet...
US embassy in Yangon. Photo: Discover Diplomacy
October 30, 2017
The US embassy in Yangon issued a press statement today which called for the end of the use of the Unlawful Associations Act after two religious...
Dumdaw Nawng Lat, left and Langjaw Gam Seng, right. Photo: Facebook
October 30, 2017
Myanmar authorities should drop the charges against two ethnic Kachin Baptist community leaders who have been arbitrarily detained since December 24...