News

February 17, 2015
Narinjara News has learnt that Arakan Army (AA) forces have been involved in clashes with the Burma Army in Laukkai Town and other areas of the...
Paka Gate, Loikaw
February 16, 2015
11 February 2015 – Karenni village election commissions have started collecting lists of voters in preparation for the forthcoming 2015 general...
Minister Says Locals Should Be Compensated for Confiscated Land
February 16, 2015
Hpa-an residents who lost 40 acres of their land to a construction project in the town’s industrial zone want compensation from the government for...
A dump truck operates at the S&K mine, part of the Monywa mining complex (Photo-Amnesty International)
February 16, 2015
On 22 December, a China-Myanmar joint venture developing a copper mine in central Myanmar announced that it had gained “broad community support” to...
February 16, 2015
Development of Mon State’s tourism industry is on the way, with a $12 million USD hotel zone and beach resort planned for the coastal area near Ka-...
February 16, 2015
The Kachin National Consultative Assembly (KNCA) also known as WMR has come out against the building of a statue in the Kachin State capital...
February 16, 2015
During a visit to the Kachin state capital Myitkyina last week a delegation from the American Baptist Churches (ABC) organization called for Burmese...
Lt. Gen. Yawd Serk and U Aung Min
February 13, 2015
11 February 2015 – Lt. General Yawd Serk’s and 16 other representatives of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) left...
February 13, 2015
12 February 2015 – The Karenni State Progressive Party (KNPP) will only sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) when the United Nationalities...
MNP Members Welcome Student Protesters (MNP)
February 13, 2015
10 February 2015 – The Mon National Party (MNP) will fully support and welcome students protesting against the National Education Law said Nai Soe...
U Sao Aung Myat, Shan State Prime Minister
February 12, 2015
10 February 2015 – President U Thein Sein told the Shan people that political dialogue should be held as soon as possible and a ceasefire should be...
February 12, 2015
10 February 2015 – Prospecting for natural gas and crude oil offshore from Arakan State started on 7th February in a venture called the Aung Pyi Hein...