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Photo SHAN- the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy’s chairman Khun Htun Oo speaks at the 28th anniversary ceremony in Yangon.
October 27, 2016
The largest and most successful political party in Shan State, the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), celebrated its 28th anniversary on...
KNU and NMSP officials in September (Photo: Internet)
October 27, 2016
Over the course of minutes, troops from the New Mon State Party (NMSP) and the Karen National Union (KNU) exchanged gunfire on Monday afternoon,...
Photo: DVB
October 26, 2016
Around 100 local officials and villagers in Mongyang Township have reportedly fled their homes due to escalating tensions in the eastern Shan State...
The Splinter DKBA's statement on reunification with the KNU
October 25, 2016
The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Splinter DKBA), which splintered from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), will only reunify with the...
Muslims people gather at Thet Kel Pyin Muslim IDPs (Internally displaced person) camp in Rakhine State near capital Sittwe, western Myanmar, 07 September 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
October 25, 2016
Some of the people who fled Maungdaw township after deadly fighting broke out in the volatile northern part of the Rakhine state earlier this month...
October 25, 2016
The Karen State government is now making arrangements for the first return of 96 residents – 19 families – who have been living in refugee camps on...
October 25, 2016
The Kyaiktiyo Trustee Association is calling for tenders from 50,000 gold stores in an opportunity for suppliers to service the historic Kyaitiyo...
Photo by SHAN- the United Wa State Army (UWSA) soldiers march on the 20th anniversary in the Headquarters Pangsang in 2009.
October 24, 2016
The Burmese armed forces have ordered the United Wa State Army (UWSA) to withdraw all its troops from territory under the control of the National...
October 24, 2016
As the war in Kachin and Shan States has been going on and off for a few years, with a newly exploded rebellion of the Rohingya in Arakan State, the...
Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during Myanmar Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 at Myanmar International Convention Center (MICC-2) in Naypyitaw, on 22 October 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 24, 2016
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has made a pitch to local and foreign investors, pledging that there would be transparency and...
Road expansion failure at Kannar Lan as seawater floods the road (Photo:MNA)
October 24, 2016
If companies winning Mon State Government tenders won’t provide services or products to a quality industry standard, then they will face certain...
Meeting aimed at re-analysing political discourse framework (Photo: Hla Maung Shwe)
October 24, 2016
Since only ethnic armed groups that inked nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) are allowed to lead the national level political discourses, problems...