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July 7, 2017
Fourteen National League for Democracy executives have been expelled from the Taunggyi office in the latest instalment of the fractious relationship...
July 7, 2017
Cynthia Maung, a doctor who has spent nearly three decades working with refugees along the Thai-Myanmar border, was honored this week with the 2017...
July 7, 2017
Over 200 children at the Myaing Gyi Ngu internally displaced persons camp have received their first ever inoculations this week, amid a joint...
Photo: Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
July 7, 2017
Country Consultancy Office Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe said that Myanmar will fully cooperate with India for security and combating terrorism on July 4...
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July 7, 2017
The defamation case against Mizzima News, including columnist Sithu Aung Myint, Mizzima Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director Soe Myint and the...
July 6, 2017
On Karen armed forced day this week, one ethnic armed group leader sounded a cautionary note, instructing soldiers to recall that a ceasefire is not...
Myanmar migrant workers return from Thailand (photo: Internet)
July 6, 2017
Scrambling to placate the tempest caused by new migrant labor regulations, Thailand has announced several concessions, including a 180-day grace...
July 6, 2017
The two newly merged Chin political parties have settled on a name: the Chin National Congress.
The fleeing residents who have arrived in Namtu
July 6, 2017
Following fresh clashes in northern Shan State, around 300 villagers have fled to Namtu township to take shelter at a monastery, according to a group...
Current view of Pyar Taung area (Photo – MNA)
July 6, 2017
Mon State residents are preparing to roll out the picket lines over plans to build a new coal-fired power plant.
July 6, 2017
With peace still looking elusive and negotiations as fractured as ever, a steering committee established by the ceasefire signatories has agreed to...
July 6, 2017
More than 60,000 Myanmar workers have returned from Thailand over the past two weeks amid an exodus sparked by new labor regulations. Over half of...