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July 18, 2017
Shan State looks like it may get its long-awaited national-level political dialogue later this year. The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State...
July 18, 2017
Rakhine students who passed their matriculation exam with top marks have been congratulated with a cash windfall, courtesy of the Rakhine (Arakan)...
U Min Kyaw Lwin, Mon State Municipal Minister (photo: MNA)
July 18, 2017
With a new state municipal law on the books in Mon State, the process of writing the by-laws that will give it teeth is underway, according to the...
July 18, 2017
Ghost workers in Rakhine (Arakan) State schools are being rooted out and exposed as fraudsters in an education official’s clean-up campaign.
July 18, 2017
Within just a little more than two months, the Tatmadaw or the Military has complained twice in a row of the National League for Democracy’s (NLD)...
July 17, 2017
<p>July 17<br /> <br />The ethnic umbrella organization, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), will meet with the...
July 17, 2017
<p>On her sixth tour of Myanmar, UN human rights expert Yanghee Lee made a stop to meet with Karen social organizations in Hpa-an township,...
July 17, 2017
<p>Around three dozen Karenni refugees whose homes were burned down in a July 5 blaze are in need of basic supplies, according to camp...
July 15, 2017
<p>As Rakhine State&rsquo;s Mrauk-U expands with the ballooning needs of a modern, urban center, local politicians are proposing moving it...
July 15, 2017
<p>Mon State officials are trying to streamline investment projects via a new committee established to vet and approve proposals for the state...
July 14, 2017
<p>A Buddhist abbot was killed by an unknown culprit or culprits on Wednesday in the southern Shan State township of Mong Nai, according to...
July 14, 2017
<p>The recently formed Mon State Investment Committee has been unable to begin work on soliciting and regulating investment because of a lack...