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July 24, 2017
<p>The US ambassador to Myanmar met with the Karen National Union on July 21 to get input about supporting local health and education projects...
July 24, 2017
The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) and the Mon National Party (MNP) will hold direct discussions without an intermediary, according to the...
Mon State residents protest over a coal-power cement on July 21. (Photo – MNA)
July 24, 2017
Over 2,000 people gathered in Mon State’s capital on July 21 to protest a coal-fired cement plant.
Fishing boats moored at AlalThanKyaw village, near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 24, 2017
The German government has granted subsidies worth 1.85 million Euros (about 2.1 million US-Dollars) for humanitarian aid in Rakhine State, according...
July 24, 2017
Myanmar is still using the same "tactics" to silence its people as the former junta, the UN's rights envoy said Friday, urging the government to...
NLD spokesman U Win Htein. (photo: Facebook)
July 23, 2017
The National League for Democracy’s (NLD) Central Executive Committee has suspended 21 party members from Mon State’s Chaungzone Township. According...
July 23, 2017
Gen Yawd Serk of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says the Burmese military was not following the terms of the...
Caption: MP U Min Soe Lin was sacked from the Mon National Party on July 19. (Photo: Facebook)
July 21, 2017
The Mon National Party is being torn apart by competing factions, some of which do not have the party's best interest at heart, according to a...
July 21, 2017
A Hilux truck attempting to transport over 70,000 amphetamine tablets was busted at a border inspection gate in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine (Arakan)...
Caption: Nai Aung Ma Nge, U Hla Maung Shwe, and U Min Zaw Oo meet for informal talks in Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Photo - NMG)
July 21, 2017
The government’s Peace Commission will meet next month with negotiators from an umbrella organization representing ethnic armed groups that have not...
July 21, 2017
Over 100 Myanmar nationals were rescued this week after Thai authorities busted a human trafficking ring on the outskirts of Bangkok, Myanmar state...
July 21, 2017
Growing tension between government soldiers and Ta’ang National Liberation Army troops in northern Shan state has forced hundreds of people from...