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Civilians cross the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier near Rakhine to the sound of gunfire on August 26, 2017. Photo: Sam Jahan/AFP
September 7, 2017
The Myanmar government is planning to mend and expand border fencing in troubled Rakhine State along the border with Bangladesh.
Latex in collected from rubber tree in Mon State (Photo – MNA)
September 7, 2017
Japan and Singapore have expressed interest in buying rubber from Mon State, if local firms are able to produce a sufficient supply of export-quality...
September 6, 2017
An internally displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State is making a last-ditch appeal for international donors to continue providing aid. All...
September 6, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday.
September 6, 2017
Eight ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) which signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are holding a meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand to adopt...
September 6, 2017
While the conflict situation in Arakan State is making international headlines, a little less known catastrophe in the making is brewing along the...
September 5, 2017
<p>Shan State continues to have the country&rsquo;s highest number of human trafficking cases despite police efforts to combat the scourge...
September 5, 2017
A Chin organization has lodged a complaint with the Union Ministry of Education after a university lecturer reportedly made derogatory comments about...
A man pretends to fish out of a pothole in a section of the Mawlamyine-Thanbyuzayat road. (Photo – Facebook)
September 5, 2017
One of the main arteries through Mon State – a pot-hole ridden, corroded road connecting Mawlamyine to Thanbyuzayat – is currently in the process of...
September 5, 2017
The BBC's Burmese language service on Monday said it was pulling a broadcasting deal with a popular Myanmar television channel citing "censorship",...
September 4, 2017
<p>A refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border is under a partial quarantine following an H1N1 patient&rsquo;s death on August 31. Aid...
September 4, 2017
The Kayin (Karen) State government is planning to hold a multiethnic cultural festival next year. On September 2, government officials held a...