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December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
December 28, 2025
Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
December 28, 2025
Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
Shan Herald Agency for News
October 13, 2020
Burma Army Firing Indiscriminately in Northern Shan State
NANG SENG NOM — In Kyaukme Township, Tatmadaw troops fired indiscriminately last Friday (October 10), despite no clashes with the Restoration Council...
Kantarawaddy Times
October 13, 2020
Hundreds of differently-able voters in the state
Naw Dway El Khu — There are hundreds of differently-able persons from Kayah State who are eligible to vote in the 2020 election, according to Kayah...
October 12, 2020
Another Muslim Blocked for Running in the Election
The election sub-commission has recently rejected another Muslim candidate in Arakan State. The rejected Muslim candidate is U Aye Win who registered...
October 12, 2020
Corrections made to the missing of online voters’ lists in S...
Many Shan-ni ethics were not included in the online voters’ lists in Sagaing Region part of a distressing pattern of widespread errors spanning...
October 12, 2020
KSPP withdraws televised election address due to censorship...
The Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP) has become one more in a series of ethnic parties who have withdrawn from their election right to broadcast...
Kantarawaddy Times
October 12, 2020
The state-based ethnic party says they are facing obstacles...
Maw Oo Myar — U Steven Tun Tun, a candidate from the Kayah State Democratic Party (KySDP) in State Hluttaw Constituency No. 1, said he was facing...
Khonumthung News
October 12, 2020
Paletwa Marks One Week Without Electricity
For one week, Paletwa town in southern Chin State has been unable to restart its diesel-powered generator, due to a lack of fuel. While 120 barrels...
Network Media Group
October 12, 2020
As Civil War Continues, Locals Fear Loss of Voting Rights in...
Locals and civil society organizations (CSOs) have called for a halt to fighting in northern Shan State ahead of Burma’s general election next month...
Network Media Group
October 12, 2020
Sittwe Authorities Tighten Stay-at-Home Order Restrictions
Authorities in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe have started checking whether people in public have the required documentation to be out of their...
Shan Herald Agency for News
October 9, 2020
Citing COVID-19 Prevention, RCSS Restricts Entrance Into Its...
Sai Pawnli — The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) released a statement this week restricting outsiders from entering its territory through...
Mizzima
October 9, 2020
UNDP not permitted to set up candidate signboards in Kawhmu
The United Nationalities Democracy Party (UNDP) did not get a permit to set up signboards for the party’s electoral candidates in Kawhmu Township,...
Development Media Group
October 9, 2020
Anti-govt sticker campaigns in Arakan after heavy-handed res...
Nyan Hein — Discreet anti-government and anti-military campaigns have been reported in the Arakan State townships of Sittwe, Taungup, Ramree and...