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September 11, 2017
The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) has sent a high-level delegation to Nay Pyi Taw to hash out alleged disagreements over the ceasefire...
September 11, 2017
Union Solidarity and Development Party Chairman Than Htay said that since Myanmar is situated among three populous countries with high population...
Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) (Photo: Subir Bhaumik)
September 9, 2017
<p>"Come what may, regardless of who likes us or not, we will report the truth," Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic...
September 9, 2017
<p>Amid rumors about boats with undocumented nationals coming to shore, and countrywide warnings of terrorist plots, Mon State authorities have...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Photo: EPA
September 8, 2017
<p>Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Thursday afternoon broke his vow to remain silent on public affairs out of &lsquo;profound sadness...
Journalists Aye Nai (L) and Lawi Weng speak to journalists from inside a prisoner transport vehicle outside the courthouse in Hsipaw in Shan State on July 28, 2017. Photo: AFP
September 8, 2017
<p>In an open letter to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Reporters Without Borders (RSF, also known under its French name Reporters sans...
September 8, 2017
<p>Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) Chairman Gen. Yawd Serk said that he would meet State Counsellor Aung San Suu...
Mon State Chief Minister U Aye Zan (Photo – MNA)
September 8, 2017
<p>The Mon State Chief Minister has poured cold water on the idea of appointing a Mon ethnic affairs minister.</p> <p>Mon State...
Mon State Chief Minister U Aye Zan (Photo – MNA)
September 7, 2017
<p>Mon State Hluttaw approved a motion on September 6 to take action against a cement factory for generating electricity without permission...
September 7, 2017
<p>Nineteen new auxiliary midwives have completed their training and will bolster rural health teams in an aim to reduce maternal mortality in...
Members of the former Independent Mon National Restoration Force, a small militia, say they were given the Ah Baw Village plot to settle on. (Photo – Nai Thet)
September 7, 2017
<p>A plot of land in Mon State has sparked contention between township officials who want to use it as a location for an electricity substation...
September 7, 2017
<p>Kayin (Karen) State health officials this week completed the third and final round of vaccines for children living at an internally...