News

March 29, 2016
There was a skirmish between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at Sisi Wong Hill in northern Shan State on the evening of 24...
Hpasithan Journal Chief Editor U Zaw Ye Htet
March 29, 2016
U Zaw Ye Htet, the Hpasithan Journal Chief Editor, was released on bail on 21 March following 14 days in prison charged with defaming the police...
March 28, 2016
The National League for Democracy (NLD) will appoint its own party member to lead Shan State as Chief Minister, according to the party's spokesperson...
March 28, 2016
Fighting between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) troops and those from a government backed People’s Militia Force broke out in Kachin state’s Kampaiti...
March 25, 2016
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The price of roofing materials such as thatch and stitched palm leaves have increased this year in Maungdaw South, Arakan...
SNDP Annual Meeting
March 25, 2016
Sai Ai Pao was re-elected to serve a second term as chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) on 20 March at the SNDP Annual Meeting...
The Second SMJN Conference
March 25, 2016
The second Southern Myanmar Journalists’ Network (SMJN) Conference was held in Dawei, the Tenasserim Region capital, on 19 and 20 March.
March 25, 2016
Residents of Kahnyaw Village in Chaungzon Township face difficulties accessing clean water because a construction company building an approach road...
March 24, 2016
Though the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament) elected a president and two vice-presidents on 15 March the Arakan National Party (ANP) and the...
March 24, 2016
The Burma Army raided a drug rehabilitation centre in Muse Township, Central Shan State and arrested 72 people, most of them patients, for...
KIA Troops in Mongkoe Area
March 24, 2016
Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Battalion 36 targeted Burma Army Light Infantry Division (LID) 99 with a bomb near Pang Hseng (Kyu Koke) Town,...
March 22, 2016
Two men were sentenced to three years in prison for being associated with the Arakan Army at Kyauktaw Township Court on 16 March.