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December 17, 2025
KIO denies reports of secret rare-earth mining deal with Ind...
December 17, 2025
Mrauk-U Hospital bombing deepens healthcare crisis for Araka...
December 16, 2025
As fighting approaches Kyaukphyu, flight ticket prices to Ya...
Independent Mon News Agency
Local making bamboo hat in Chaungzone Township (Photo: MNA)
October 21, 2016
Mon State to implement business stimulus projects in four to...
The Mon State Government will implement a local business stimulus project in the forthcoming 2017-2018 fiscal year in the respective townships of...
Independent Mon News Agency
Bulldozer seen on June Cement Industry Ltd’s land (Photo: MNA)
October 21, 2016
June Cement Industry refuses to return purchased land
The June Cement Industry Ltd will not return farmland purchased from locals in the Pyartaung area, Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State and will continue...
Karen Information Center
October 21, 2016
Over 90 Refugees to Return from Thailand to Burma
The Karen State government has been making arrangements for the return of over 90 Burmese refugees from refugee camps in Thailand back to Burma.
Network Media Group
Protesters in Chipwe
October 20, 2016
Chipwe Residents Protest Lisu Demands for Self-Administered...
Residents of Chipwe in Kachin State staged a protest march to demand that the Lisu National Development Party (LNDP) retracts its demand for a Lisu...
Mizzima
Photo: Khaing Kaung San/Facebook
October 20, 2016
Civil society groups demand end to fighting in Myanmar’s Sha...
Regional civil society organizations said on Wednesday that ongoing conflicts between the government military and armed ethnic groups in Shan and...
Shan Herald Agency for News
U Kyaw Thu Zaw, director of the Parliament Office (left) Reporters who came to cover the Shan State Hluttaw (right)
October 20, 2016
Independent Media Coverage of Shan State Hluttaw Restricted
Independent media outlets covering the Shan State Hluttaw (parliament) in the state capital Taunggyi have been discriminated against and are being...
Karen Information Center
Meeting between leaders of the KNU and the NMSP
October 20, 2016
KNU and NMSP Reach Agreement to Prevent Future Conflict
Leaders of the Karen National Union (KNU) and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) reached an agreement to prevent future conflicts between each other...
Karen Information Center
October 20, 2016
Villagers Fear DKBA and Government’s Militia Fighting Near K...
Soldiers from the breakaway Democratic Karen Buddhist Army clashed with the government militia, the Border Guard Force, in Htee Poe Zan village tract...
Mizzima
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi at BRICS-BIMSTEC summit 2016 on the sidelines of the 8th BRICS summit in Goa, India, 16 October 2016. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
October 20, 2016
State Counsellor asks for understanding over Rakhine Issue
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor, has asked for countries in the region to understand the complexities of the issue surrounding problems...
October 20, 2016
IS PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE POSSIBLE? : Mounting offensives aga...
Quite a lot of happening have been unfolding during the last few days. But the most outstanding one is the new conflict in Arakan State, between the...
Shan Herald Agency for News
October 20, 2016
Shan armies mourn death of Thai king
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) have both released...
Kaladan Press
October 20, 2016
BGB alerts along the Bangladesh-Burma border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been alert and giving tight security along the Bangladesh- Burma border following attacks three Burma border guard...