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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...
September 20, 2017
Karen activists welcomed the appointment last week of a woman to a senior role within the Karen National Union, but they also emphasized the ongoing...
September 20, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi said Tuesday she does not fear global scrutiny over the Rohingya crisis, pledging to hold rights violators to account and to...
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who also serves as the chair of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre, held a discussion with a delegation led by General Yawd Serk, the chair of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army, at the NRPC in Nay Pyi Taw (Photo: Global New Light of Myanmar)
September 20, 2017
Everyman is my superior in some way In that I learn from him.
September 20, 2017
Many might have thought that, with the ongoing and growing problematic in Rakhine State reaching international height that has caught United Nations...
Chaungzone township 2 officials say upgrading the Ka Mar Kay-Taw Pa Kauk Road on Bilu Island would help bring investment and job opportunity to the area. (Photo – MNA)
September 19, 2017
Townships in Mon State say they are struggling to achieve much in the way of development due to the limited budget allocated to rural development in...