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September 6, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday.
September 6, 2017
Eight ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) which signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are holding a meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand to adopt...
September 6, 2017
While the conflict situation in Arakan State is making international headlines, a little less known catastrophe in the making is brewing along the...
September 5, 2017
<p>Shan State continues to have the country&rsquo;s highest number of human trafficking cases despite police efforts to combat the scourge...
September 5, 2017
A Chin organization has lodged a complaint with the Union Ministry of Education after a university lecturer reportedly made derogatory comments about...
A man pretends to fish out of a pothole in a section of the Mawlamyine-Thanbyuzayat road. (Photo – Facebook)
September 5, 2017
One of the main arteries through Mon State – a pot-hole ridden, corroded road connecting Mawlamyine to Thanbyuzayat – is currently in the process of...
September 5, 2017
The BBC's Burmese language service on Monday said it was pulling a broadcasting deal with a popular Myanmar television channel citing "censorship",...
September 4, 2017
<p>A refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border is under a partial quarantine following an H1N1 patient&rsquo;s death on August 31. Aid...
September 4, 2017
The Kayin (Karen) State government is planning to hold a multiethnic cultural festival next year. On September 2, government officials held a...
September 4, 2017
<p>Two years after the 2014 census was conducted, government officials are just getting around to explaining the point of all those questions...
Workers use heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 25 February 2017. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
September 4, 2017
Efforts are being made to pursue more environmentally friendly practices in the Lonkhin-Hpakant Gems Tract in cooperation with local companies.
Workers use heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 25 February 2017. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
September 4, 2017
Efforts are being made to pursue more environmentally friendly practices in the Lonkhin-Hpakant Gems Tract in cooperation with local companies.