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May 21, 2018
The Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army – Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC) said it does not want the peace process to be in a standstill...
Local farmers are harvesting in paddy fields
May 21, 2018
The Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank (MADB) will sue 1,433 farmers from 12 townships in the Rakhine State for failing to pay back bank loans.
May 21, 2018
Troops under the Thai 3rd Army have seized a massive haul of drugs that were smuggled via the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai Province in northern...
May 21, 2018
A resumption of armed conflict between the Myanmar army and Arakan Army (AA) has made over 300 Myanmar refugees reluctant to return to their villages...
May 18, 2018
The Karen Peace Support Network (KSPN) issued a statement on May 17 to condemn the government and the Tatmadaw for arresting and suing people...
Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, among other Tatmadaw officers  meet KNU leaders in Yangon on May 17 (Photo: Office of Chief Defense )
May 18, 2018
The Tatmadaw has agreed to halt the road project in Ler Mu Plaw area in Hpa-pun District, Kayin (Karen) State and withdraw military deployment for...
Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association’s secretary Min Banyar Sann (Photo – MNA)
May 18, 2018
A 19-member Mon Entrepreneurs Association Organizing Committee was established with Mon entrepreneurs from Mon and Kayin states, Tanintharyi Region,...
Office of the Mon State Education Officer (Photo – MNA)
May 18, 2018
Amendments have been made to nine subjects in the curriculum of Standard 2 in the 2018-2019 academic year, according to the Mon State Department of...
May 18, 2018
A lance corporal from the Tatmadaw has allegedly molested a 10-year-old boy in Yay Soe Village in Rathedaung Township, Rakhine State.
May 17, 2018
Total will install overhead power transmission lines across two townships in the Kayin (Karen) State to transmit power from the LNG (liquefied...
May 17, 2018
The Tharyargone Bridge on the road connecting Minbya and Myebon in the Rakhine State is in danger of collapsing due to damages in the pillars,...
May 17, 2018
Ma Kyaing People’s Militia from Nansang fired gunshots to threaten the farmers during a farmland dispute in Loilen Township in southern Shan State.