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June 28, 2017
Small and medium enterprise (SME) owners in Mon State are struggling with a lack of bank loans and technological assistance, according to the Mon...
The Fifth Ethnic Media Conference (Photo – MNA)
June 27, 2017
The Fifth Ethnic Media Conference got underway in Loikaw, Kayah (Karenni) State on June 26.
June 27, 2017
Two ethnic Shan armies, the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) and the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA...
Aye Naing and Pyae Bone Naing from the Democratic Voice of Burma and Thein Zaw, also known as Lawi Weng, from The Irrawaddy
June 27, 2017
The Myanmar authorities must immediately release three journalists, who were detained while carrying out their work in conflict-afflicted northern...
June 27, 2017
<p>Over 3,400 household member lists have been issued to some 10,000 migrant workers residing in Mon State since the new government took office...
June 27, 2017
The Border Guard Police arrested five alleged terrorists in Tin Sat Village in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine (Arakan) State on June 22.
June 25, 2017
<p>The Voice daily newspaper chief editor U Kyaw Min Swe, who is being prosecuted under the Telecommunications Law section 66(d), has had a...
June 25, 2017
<p>Residents of Muse Township in Shan State have objected to Myoma People&rsquo;s Militia building a tollbooth at their local pier.</p...
June 25, 2017
Residents of Muse Township in Shan State have objected to Myoma People’s Militia building a tollbooth at their local pier.
Holding discussion over the planned protest. Photo: Protection for Journalists Committee -Myanmar
June 25, 2017
The protest and signature collection event that journalists planned to hold in front of the Yangon Division Military Headquarters to call for the...
June 25, 2017
The Voice daily newspaper chief editor U Kyaw Min Swe, who is being prosecuted under the Telecommunications Law section 66(d), has had a bail request...
Mon State cabinet member U Wunna Kyaw (photo: MNA)
June 23, 2017
<p>Mon State government has announced it will change the location of a Mawlamyine Township affordable housing project due to problems with road...