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December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
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December 28, 2025
Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
Shan Herald Agency for News
December 24, 2015
Burma Army Stops IDP's Returning Home
About 3,000 displaced civilians in central Shan State cannot return to their villages because the Burma Army are occupying them said a 23 December...
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December 24, 2015
What can Myanmar learn from the Nepal quake
Before the devastating 2015 earthquake hit Nepal, the small, underdeveloped country had made some of the right moves to prepare for a quake disaster...
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US Ambassador and her team visit the Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong
December 24, 2015
US Ambassador Visits Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Ms. Marcia Bernicat and high level officials visited the Kutupalong official and unofficial refugee camps near Cox's...
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Cardinal Charles Maung Bo. Photo: Mizzima
December 24, 2015
A Christmas message from Myanmar’s first Roman Catholic card...
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Myanmar’s newly appointed Roman Catholic cardinal, issued a Christmas message on Tuesday, naming the National League for...
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Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) delegation meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and a NLD delegation in Nay Pyi Taw on 23 December 2015. Photo: NLD Chairperson
December 24, 2015
Suu Kyi meets briefly with Myanmar Peace Center delegation
The Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) delegation met with Aung San Suu Kyi and a NLD delegation for about one hour on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, to brief her...
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Pensioners at Yangon Region Govt office Photo: Mizzima
December 24, 2015
Last-minute pensioners apply for flats and plots
More than 500 pensioners were waiting in line at Gate No. 4 of the Yangon Region Government Office on Tuesday to submit flat and plot applications...
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Found guilty - Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin (front) and Wai Phyo (back) arrive for their murder case verdict at the Samui Provincial Court on Koh Samui Island, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 24 December 2015. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
December 24, 2015
Myanmar migrant workers found guilty in Koh Tao murders case
Two Myanmar migrant workers have been found guilty and sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of two British tourists on the Thai island of...
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December 24, 2015
North Dagon squatters refuse municipal eviction notice
The North Dagon Township city development committee recently sent eviction notices to people living in dwellings built along Ngamoeyeik Creek in Ward...
December 24, 2015
Ethnic parties in Kachin state want by-elections soon
By Thuta Linn — Ethnic parties in Kachin state parties want Burma’s incoming government to hold by-election soon. “Even if the by-elections are held...
December 24, 2015
SNLD leader wants NLD to give consideration to human rights...
Mya Wun Yan — The NLD needs to give special consideration to the ongoing wars and human rights violation affecting people in four townships in Shan...
December 24, 2015
Election commission postpones hearing into NLD complaint aga...
Thuta Linn — The Union Election Commission (UEC) has formally delayed a hearing to look into a complaint filled against the reelected Kachin State...
December 24, 2015
Ten Karenni State candidates yet to submit election expenses
Htoe Myar — Ten candidates who ran in the 2015 election in Karenni State have yet to submit their expenses related paperwork to the Loikaw District...