News

November 10, 2017
The United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) negotiating team ‘Delegation for Political Negotiations’ (DPN) team leader Khoo Oo Reh said that...
November 9, 2017
Despite bringing a case against two Shan State soldiers for alleged illegal arms possession and unauthorized taxation, Tatmadaw officials have failed...
November 9, 2017
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has called on the Mon State government to expedite the return of three highway checkpoints that were allegedly seized...
November 9, 2017
A government peace delegation will allegedly meet with the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), also known...
Announcement (in Burmese)
November 9, 2017
The Myanmar Embassy in Thailand has warned all Myanmar migrant workers to apply for certificates of identity before the year’s end or face...
November 9, 2017
The government’s Peace Commission (PC) and Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) formed by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) have...
UEC website page
November 8, 2017
The Union Election Commission (UEC) has instructed registered political parties to submit a list of all their members before December 31, according...
November 8, 2017
How can ethnic youth get involved in the peace process? That was the question 100 Karen youth leaders from Kayin (Karen) and Mon states, as well as...
A machine levels the ground at the site of a cement factory in Kyaikmaraw township, Mon State
November 8, 2017
Residents of a Mon State village are anxious to clarify how a soon-to-be developed cement factory will power its operations, with many fearing that...
Miners search for jade stone near the heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 25 February 2017. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
November 8, 2017
Migrant workers who forcibly entered a mining area in Phakant, Kachin State, on 6 November prompted a clash with authorities, resulting in the deaths...
November 8, 2017
Mizzima Media Company Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Elevate Broadcast Co Ltd on 7 November, for cooperation to design,...
Members of the Mon State Hluttaw's Women and Child Rights Committee hear a case against an alleged sexual predator. (Photo – MNA)
November 7, 2017
A man who claims to be the reincarnation of an influential sayadaw has been accused of using his religious stature to kidnap and sexually abuse women...