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October 27, 2017
A leader of the Kachin Independence Organization has criticized the government for shutting out a new ethnic bloc trying to pursue peace talks.
Seven members of the All Mon Region Democracy Party’s (AMRDP) Mawlamyine township office submitted their resignation letter on October 25.
October 27, 2017
In a further fracturing of Mon political forces, several leading members of the All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMDP) have en masse resigned.
Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, Mr Kristian Schmidt
October 27, 2017
The new Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, Mr Kristian Schmidt, will represent the European Union in Myanmar and serve as Head of the EU...
Mon nationals and monks in the U.S. (Photo – MNA)
October 26, 2017
Mon communities in the United States have donated over US$30,000 (K40.7 million) to the Mon National Education Committee (Central) to support Mon...
German ambassador to Myanmar Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel. Photo: Annika Banggerter
October 26, 2017
The German ambassador to Myanmar Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel has described the situation in Rakhine state as "extremely serious and deeply worrying ", a...
Minister of Home Affairs for the government of Bangladesh Asaduzzaman Khan (R), shakes hands with  Myanmar's Home Affairs Minister Lt.Gen Kyaw Swe (L), during a meeting on security and law enforcement matters, at Ministry of Home Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on 24 October 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 25, 2017
Myanmar and Bangladesh reached a 10-point agreement on Rohingya refugees at a meeting held yesterday in Naypyitaw and attended by representatives of...
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo (R) arriving to attend the Rory Peck Awards 2017 in London. Photo: Rory Peck Trust/Facebook
October 25, 2017
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo attended the Rory Peck Awards in London on Monday 23rd October to receive the Martin Adler Prize 2017...
October 25, 2017
Ethnic negotiators say headway has been made in their latest peace talks, with agreements reached on all but one of the eight preconditions before...
DPN second leader Nai Aung Ma Nge.
October 25, 2017
The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) second leader Nai Aung Ma Nge said negotiations between United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)...
October 24, 2017
The Mon State government has formed a committee to evaluate the repossession of Sittaung paper mill, located in Kyaikhto township’s Thein Za Yat...
Mon Peace Defence Front’s chair Nai Aung Shwe announces plans to form a political party. (Photo – MNA)
October 24, 2017
After surrendering its arms, a Mon splinter faction wants to muster its forces and form a political party, its chair announced on October 20.
October 24, 2017
An eight-year-old was killed in an explosion after heavy fighting erupted between the Tatmadaw and an ethnic armed group in a village in Namhkhan...