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April 5, 2017
In a representation of events contested by local residents, Rakhine State officials told journalists on a government-sponsored trip that they are...
Newly elected Chaungzone Pyithu Hluttaw U Aung Kyi Thein
April 4, 2017
An interview with U Aung Kyi Thein, a Chaungzon Township representative in the Pyithu Hluttaw.
An emergency meeting of the UNFC’s central executive committee in Chiang Mai on 3 April.
April 4, 2017
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND -- The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has agreed to continue political dialogue with the Myanmar government in...
April 4, 2017
What has happened on March 30 when State counselor Aung San Suu Kyi hurriedly issued a statement on the heels of her televised speech assessment of...
U Win Thein. Photo: Hongsar (Ramanya)/Mizzima
April 4, 2017
Naypyitaw, 2 April 2017 – Low voter turnout was the main reason the National League for Democracy (NLD) failed to win seats in ethnic areas,...
USDP candidate U Aung Kyi Thein won the Chaungzon township Pyithu Hluttaw seat. (Photo: Thanlwin Times)
April 3, 2017
A Mon State seat won by the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 2015 general election switched hands to the Union Solidarity and Development...
April 3, 2017
According to the results announced by the Union Election Commission, the National League for Democracy took the largest share of the 19 seats...
April 3, 2017
A six-member delegation from Myanmar arrived in Dhaka on April 1 for a bilateral border guard conference this week, according to a statement from the...
April 3, 2017
A second Rohingya man was reported as missing last week.
April 3, 2017
Three women last week told journalists on a government-sponsored press tour of northern Rakhine State that they had been raped three months ago by...
April 3, 2017
A verdict will be handed down on 5 April on whether Khaing Myo Tun from the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) should be charged or not, high grade...
April 3, 2017
Eleven Bengali terrorist suspects have been arrested in Doe Tan Bengali Village under Administrative Area (5) of Maungdaw Township on 31 March.