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Local residents sign a petition against MCL cement factory's use of coal. (Photo: Sandar Non’s Facebook)
March 4, 2016
Over 4,000 residents have signed a petition against the use of coal to power a cement factory owned by Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) in the Pyar...
March 4, 2016
The trial of six men accused of having ties with the Arakan Army (AA) started in Mrauk U District Court, Arakan State on Tuesday 1 March said a...
March 3, 2016
All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) and Mon National Party (MNP) leaders will meet on 18 March to discuss merging the parties, party officials...
Yangon Region KLCC Meeting
March 2, 2016
Karen Literature and Culture Committees (KLCC) officials in Yangon region townships said that they are facing difficulties teaching Karen literature...
March 1, 2016
A protest march, against recent attacks on members of the opium eradication group Pat Ja San (PJS), was held in Myitkyina, the Kachin State capital,...
February 29, 2016
Waste products and foul odor from rubber factories near Mudon Oo village in Mudon Township, Mon State, have been upsetting local residents living...
NDA-K Border Guard Force Troops
February 25, 2016
Troops from the Burmese government’s Border Guard Force (BGF) injured three members of the unarmed Pat Ja San (PJS) opium eradication team when they...
The Karen State Hluttaw
February 6, 2016
The office of Speaker in the new Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) will go to a National League for Democracy (NLD) Member of Parliament (MP) after...
February 5, 2016
Mizoram State’s Information & Public Relations Minister Lal Thanzara told the 124th anniversary Chin-Lushai Conference held in Mizzoram, India...
Hai Pa Refugee Camp
February 5, 2016
About 1,500 people displaced by fighting now staying in Hai Pa IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in Mong Hsu Township, Central Shan State...
February 4, 2016
Five Karen political parties will merge into one to better help establish ethnic states that are based on ethnic equality and self-determination,...
February 4, 2016
Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 7 will start running the first KNU highway express bus route when its bus company, Doe Meik Swe, starts operating...