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December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
December 28, 2025
Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
December 28, 2025
Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
Shan Herald Agency for News
December 21, 2015
RCSS/SSA-S Say TNLA Are Not Enemies
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) and United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) met to discuss recent...
December 21, 2015
Interview with newly elected NLD MP from jade rich Hpakant
Thuta Linn — In an interview with the BNI Election Newsroom, newly elected Lower House MP, U Tint Soe, spoke about the current situation involving...
December 21, 2015
Despite election loss Chin party says ethnic parties still v...
Salai Htan Swam Hlang — Many people in Chin State were caught off guard by the results of the 2015 General Election which saw local Chin parties do...
December 21, 2015
NLD in Tanintharyi to participate in Tay Za funded training...
Khine Nwe Oo — Officials from the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Tanintharyi Region have been collecting books to prepare for an upcoming...
Independent Mon News Agency
Participants studying mangrove growth areas (Photo: Montree Chantawong)
December 18, 2015
Mangrove Tree Planting in Ye Township
Mangrove trees will be planted along the coast of Parlain Region in Ye Township, Mon State, during December to prevent natural disasters.
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A session of the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22 November 2015. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2015
People and malaria on the move
International Migrants Day, on 18 December, has its roots in Asia. This year, it falls on the heels of news from the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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Temporary displacement site in Mong Hsu Township, Shan State on 4 December 2015. Credit: OCHAtime
December 18, 2015
Myanmar - where peace and war can be found at the same time
Recently, there have been a series of armed clashes between the Shan State Army - North and government troops in Mong Hsu Township, Shan State. Along...
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Myanmar migrants work in a garment factory in Mae Sot, Thailand. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
December 18, 2015
Mekong Migration Network (MMN) statement on International Mi...
Today, 18 December 2015, marks the 25th anniversary of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and...
December 18, 2015
Losing USDP candidate sues victorious NLD rival in Karen Sta...
Sa Eh Sue — The NLD's newly elected Upper House MP, U Saw Than Htut, who ran in Hpa-an Constituency No 2 in Karen State, is being sued by the...
December 18, 2015
An interview with newly elected NLD rep from Dawei
Khine Nwe Oo — The newly elected representative for Tanintharyi Region Parliament, U Ho Pin, who ran in Dawei Constituency No 2, recently spoke to...
Kaladan Press
December 18, 2015
BGP Kill Rohingya
A Rohingya man was shot and killed by Burma Border Guard Police (BGP) near to Maung Nama Village in Maungdaw North as he was travelling by car from...
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The accused in the Rohingya calendar case appear for the third time at Yangon’s Pazundaung Township Court on 16 December 2015. Photo: Zaw Kham Hein/Mizzima
December 18, 2015
Accused in Rohingya calendar case appear in court for the th...
Five people who were sent to jail for their involvement in printing a calendar that stated that Rohingya Muslims are an ethnic-religious minority in...