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December 11, 2019
On a recent mission to Mon State, Burma Children Medical Fund staff were surprised to see an old patient, Saw Than Htet turn up with villagers to...
December 10, 2019
During the week the Tatmadaw army and the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) occupied Palaing Japan village many houses were broken into, ransacked and...
December 10, 2019
Sa-Daung Non — According to the Mon State government the June Cement Industry Limited company has plans for its operations to be built near Makro...
Students riding their bicycles outside the Daewoo facility in Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
December 10, 2019
The Embassies of Norway and Denmark will launch a scholarship programme for students from all communities in Rakhine State, together with Center for...
Visiting the “Dragon’s Head” - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, right, visit the cargo terminal of Chinese company Cosco in the port of Piraeus, Greece, 11 November 2019. Chinese President Xi was on a two-day official visit to Greece paving the way for the Belt and Road Initiative.Photo: EPA
December 10, 2019
On the face of it, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) unleashes China’s development potential beyond its borders in what...
Photo: Aung Ko Oo/Mizzima
December 10, 2019
Thousands rallied in support of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar on the eve of her departure for the UN's top court to defend Myanmar against charges of...
December 10, 2019
Thailand will delay the deportation of the wife and children of the top commander of the Arakan Army while authorities carry out a full investigation...
Photo: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
December 10, 2019
China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar Defence Services in...
The statement of three members of Northern Alliance released on Nov. 28, 2019.
December 10, 2019
The Chinese government is reportedly pressuring three members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) to withdraw their...
December 10, 2019
A grade-3 school boy has been allegedly killed by stray bullets in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State at around 9 a.m. today, a family member of the...
December 10, 2019
Nearly all townships in Arakan State have access to electricity, said U Nyi Pu, Chief Minister of Arakan State at an event to mark 50 percent of the...
December 9, 2019
After the Tatmadaw decamped from the Paline Japan military base to the New Mon State Party (NMSP), near Three Pagodas Pass Town, on Thai-Burma border...