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A negotiation meeting for Ta’ang National Party (TNP) candidate U Sai Sar Lu that alleges he won over USDP candidate U Sai Sar Lu after a ballot recount is held in Lashio. The meeting was attended by U San Win, chairperson for Shan State Election Commission, and election sub-commission secretaries from Namhkam, Muse, and Kutkai townships.
November 20, 2015
Ta’ang Candidate Claims Victory After Recount
Mai Kaung Saing — A complaint has been filed with the Union Election Commission (UEC) after a candidate for the Ta’ang National Party (TNP) alleges...
November 20, 2015
Some Candidates Will Get Election Deposits Returned
Aik Sai — Out of the 208 candidates in Mon State that contested the national election in Myanmar, 115 will be returned the 300,000 kyats (US$233)...
November 20, 2015
Karen Youth Want Peace
Sa Eh Sue — Karen youth want the National League for Democracy to make peace their first priority when they take office as the new government early...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Children displaced by fighting in Shan State eat rice and cabbage in an IDP camp in Mong Hsu Township. (Oum Mwe: S.H.A.N)
November 20, 2015
Little Aid, No Contact: Shan State's IDP Crisis
Shan State’s 10,000-plus internally displaced people (IDPs) are now dispersed between more than ten locations in six townships, according to data...
Kaladan Press
November 20, 2015
Authorities Order Destruction of Mosque in Maungdaw
The Maungdaw Township Administration Officer ordered mosque committee members to destroy a mosque and a maqtab (basic Arabic primary school) in Maung...
Mizzima
November 20, 2015
The RC Drift experience
If you wander over to the Myenigon flyover on a Sunday evening you will be surprised to see sports cars drifting on the road in a crowded downtown...
Mizzima
November 20, 2015
Shan state iron refinery completes first stage
The Russian engineered iron metallurgical plant in Shan State’s Pang Pet Iron ore mine has reached its first stage of completion. Producing “slag”...
Mizzima
November 20, 2015
Shan state iron refinery completes first stage
The Russian engineered iron metallurgical plant in Shan State’s Pang Pet Iron ore mine has reached its first stage of completion. Producing “slag”...
November 20, 2015
Fighting in Kachin State Creating Concern
Thuta Linn — Recent fighting between Myanmar Armed Forces and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State is creating concern...
November 20, 2015
Winning Votes Not The First Priority, APP leader said
San Maung Than — BNI Newsroom interviewed U Maung Maung Saw, leader of the Arakan Patriot Party (APP), to talk about the challenges the party faced...
Independent Mon News Agency
November 19, 2015
2015 Election Is Disastrous for Mon Candidates
Only 4 out of 100 Mon candidates standing for election won seats in the 8 November general election. Three Mon parties had candidates running, they...
Independent Mon News Agency
Meeting between United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) and its partner organizations
November 19, 2015
NLD and UNA Members to Hold Talks
The National League for Democracy (NLD), undisputed winners of the 2015 elections and currently transitioning into power, will meet with members of...