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October 23, 2017
Tensions are running high in Shan State, after the Tatamdaw ordered the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) to retreat from...
October 23, 2017
Seventeen people have been arrested for drug offences and over 200,000 pills were seized in Kayin (Karen) State’s Kya-in Seikkyi Township so far this...
The Kyaiktiyo Pagoda Board of Trustees warns vendors to follow the law and keep operations clean. (Photo – MNA)
October 23, 2017
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda has cracked down on vendors selling unhealthy and unsanitary food on the pagoda grounds. Twenty-two vendors were issued a warning on...
October 23, 2017
Filip A. Lauwerysen is the Executive Director at the newly established EuroCham Myanmar (European Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar) since September...
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo. Photo: Minzayar Oo/Facebook
October 23, 2017
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo will attend the Rory Peck Awards in London on October 23 to receive the Martin Adler Prize 2017, sponsored...
October 23, 2017
The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) announced October 21 that it was setting up Nine Private Sector Task...
Myanmar soldiers arrive at Buthidaung jetty in Myanmar's Rakhine State on August 29, 2017. Photo: AFP
October 21, 2017
The Asia Foundation has carried out a year-long study that analyzes roots and patterns of armed conflict in Myanmar, development trends in conflict-...
Myanmar Police Force (Mon State) station (Photo – MNA)
October 20, 2017
Robberies and traffic accidents are the most frequent crimes committed in Mon State so far this year, according to Mon State law enforcement...
The sixth meeting of the Peace Commission and the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) (Photo – NRPC)
October 20, 2017
Government peace negotiators and representatives for ethnic armed groups will hold their seventh official meeting in Yangon on October 23, according...
Drugs and weapons seized by the PSLF/TNLA (Photo - PSLF/TNLA News & Information Department)
October 20, 2017
The Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) busted a huge drug run worth almost K4 billion that was reportedly...
October 19, 2017
The Shan State government launched a month-long interfaith peace prayer event in the state capital on October 17.
Shan community leader and anti-coal advocate Sai Awn,aka Sai Hsi Khur
October 19, 2017
The 2017 Thusandi Youth Leadership Award has been given to late Shan anti-coal activist Sai Awn, the award committee announced.