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January 14, 2026
Conflict and disasters threaten Arakan State’s iconic Thazin...
January 14, 2026
Junta indicted in Timor-Leste over alleged war crimes
January 14, 2026
High School Principal Arrested Over Alleged Election-Related...
December 23, 2020
Arakan CSOs to push women MPs to work for the security of fe...
Daw Nyo Aye, Chair of the Rakhine Women’s Network stated that local CSOs working on women’s issues will call on elected Arakan women MPs to address...
December 23, 2020
An interview with U Sai Nyunt Lwin, Vice-Chair-1 of the Shan...
The SNLD is a strong party among ethnic parties in Myanmar. The SNLD secured 42 of 1,117 constituencies across the country in the recent elections...
December 23, 2020
What Internal refugees (IDPs) expect from the new government
More than 40,000 people are taking shelter in over 80 IDP camps in the government-controlled areas in Kachin State. More than 20,000 people from the...
December 22, 2020
60 candidates in Chin State lose election deposits
A total of 60 candidates who competed in the 2020 General Elections in Chin State, lost their election deposits, according to the Chin State Election...
December 22, 2020
An interview with U Tha Tun Hla, Chair of the Arakan Nationa...
The ruling NLD has sent an open letter to 48 ethnic parties to hold talks on the union affairs and chosen three officials including Dr. Aung Moe Nyo...
December 22, 2020
KNDP calls for explanation military chief ignoring Kaman in...
The Kaman National Ethnic Party (KNDP) sent a letter to Military Chief General Min Aung Hlaing, calling for an explanation about the disclosure of...
Development Media Group
December 22, 2020
Defamation suit against DMG reporter is latest prosecution o...
Questions are being raised over a recent case opened against a DMG reporter in Arakan State who is being charged with defamation under the...
Development Media Group
December 22, 2020
Three youths charged under Peaceful Assembly Law for Human R...
Aung Htein — Three youths who participated in a campaign in the Arakan State capital Sittwe marking International Human Rights Day were charged under...
December 21, 2020
An interview with Nan Mon Kein, Director the Shan Women’s Ac...
The following is an interview with Nan Mon Kein, Director the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) about the inclusion of females in politics, the...
December 21, 2020
More than half of candidates in the Karen State did not lose...
More than 100 candidates 50% half of all candidates who competed in the recent elections in the Karen State, secured sufficient votes according to...
December 21, 2020
CNLD ready to cooperate with the NLD on a democratic federal...
The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) is ready to cooperate with the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) on the creation of a...
Development Media Group
Photo - Maungdaw-based journalist Kyaw Myo Aung aka Aung Kyaw Min of Development Media Group is currently being prosecuted under Section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law.
December 21, 2020
Next administration urged to scrap repressive laws restricti...
Hnin Nwe — Media organisations and civil society groups that support freedom of expression have called on the incoming government to amend laws that...