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May 25, 2017
The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) and its armed wing, the Arakan Liberation Army, signed a preliminary ceasefire with the Rakhine State government in...
May 25, 2017
Four villagers found sowing seeds on disputed land were arrested on May 23. Officers from the Border Guard Force caught the four villagers as they...
May 24, 2017
The troubled second round of peace talks that began on May 24 in Naypyitaw got a needed boost of credibility, when the newly formed Federal Political...
May 24, 2017
Two recently cleaved Rakhine State political parties are feuding over a mythic creature, and who should have the rights to use the emblem.
May 24, 2017
The Myaing Gyi Ngu shelter for displaced families is in urgent need of roof repairs before the monsoon season fully kicks in, officials said.
May 24, 2017
Around 100 villagers from Kyaukse township, Shan State fled their homes on May 21 amid an outbreak of renewed clashes between two ethnic armed groups.
May 24, 2017
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) announced on May 23 that it would decline to attend the second round of national peace talks starting...
May 24, 2017
Around 3,000 people joined the Lisu National Protest Committee’s May 22 demonstration, demanding the Kachin Independence Army apologize for allegedly...
May 24, 2017
Amid much speculation about what can be achieved at the second round of the Union Peace Conference, scheduled to start on May 24, even the ceasefire...
May 23, 2017
Construction on an offshore supply base meant to support the growing oil and natural gas industry in Myanmar (Burma) has been suspended, following...
A Rakhine ethnic man collects oil on the shore of Kyauk Phyu, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Photo: EPA
May 23, 2017
About 600 residents of the deep-water port town of Kyaukphyu in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Monday protested against Chinese oil tankers...
Students are paying respect to national flag at a Mon National School (photo: MNA)
May 22, 2017
Mon National School students who want to join government schools for the 2017/2018 academic year will have to take a placement test, according to the...