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September 27, 2017
Tired of being taxed by soldiers, and seeing little headway after petitioning state politicians, Kachin State residents are taking up the issue of a...
Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) factory (Photo – MNA)
September 26, 2017
<p>Officials from a Mon State cement factory say that they have not received a notice of censure from the Mon State government, despite a...
September 26, 2017
<p>Despite appeals for emergency funding, a displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State has received no additional cash and anticipates its...
September 26, 2017
The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) of United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) spokesman Nai Aung Ma Nge said that they would meet...
September 23, 2017
<p>Mon State Hluttaw MPs are now more publicly accessible thanks to a book collating their information and contact details.</p> <p>...
Residents of Hmein Ga Nein Village held a protest in Mawlamyine (Photo – MNA)
September 22, 2017
A group of Mon State villagers are furious at their parliamentary representative after the recent sacking of a local administrator.
September 22, 2017
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) denounced all acts of violence and called for the country to come together and support peace in a statement issued...
September 22, 2017
In order to clampdown on backyard livestock breeding and the disease outbreaks that can fuel, the Mon State government is in search of land for...
September 21, 2017
<p>Promoting female leadership in peace, politics and local administration will benefit the entire country, activists reiterated at a three-day...
Myanmar's Vice President Henry Van Thio addresses the 72nd Session of the United Nations General assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 20, 2017. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP
September 21, 2017
Henry Van Thio, Vice President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, addressed the general debate of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly of...
September 21, 2017
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Bangladeshi authorities to act judiciously in the case of two Burmese journalists held on spying...
September 20, 2017
Tatmadaw officials have reportedly confessed to murdering three Kachin civilians, according local authorities attending court martial hearings open...