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July 29, 2019
The Magway Region government chief minister has formed an enquiry committee and assigned region government labour minister Myint Swe as head of the...
July 29, 2019
A total of 77 more illegal Myanmar migrant workers have arrived back to Myanmar from Thailand, according to Myanmar’s Immigration and Population...
Chin State Hluttaw's Speaker U Zo Bawi
July 29, 2019
Traditional methods cause environmental damage and yield poor profits for farmers, says the chairman of the Chin State parliament. Farmers in Chin...
July 29, 2019
Khonumthung News speaks to the field director of the Chin Human Rights Organization about the current situation in Chin State. Clashes between the...
July 29, 2019
The group says it has clashed with government forces 60 times since the ceasefire was first declared at the end of last year. An ethnic armed...
July 29, 2019
The Mon Unity Party says it hopes to triple the percentage of women in its ranks ahead of next year’s elections. The Mon Unity Party (MUP), which was...
July 29, 2019
The ambush comes amid tensions in peace negotiations between the Burmese government and the KIA’s political wing. An ambush on a Burma Army military...
PWD from Myintkyina’s School for blind seen casting their votes (Photo: BNI)
July 29, 2019
Associations throughout Mon State representing people with disabilities (PWDs) are working towards being able to have every PWD from 10 townships in...
July 29, 2019
The Supreme Court of the Union yesterday dismissed the appeal submitted Dr Aye Maung and author Wai Hun Aung who have been sentenced to 20 years’...
July 29, 2019
Nine Arakanese accused under a counterterrorism law including the younger brother of the AA’s chief Ko Aung Myat Kyaw yesterday were remanded at the...
July 29, 2019
The measure aims to prevent the spread of a disease that has already killed dozens of people across the country. Pregnant women in the Kayah State...
July 29, 2019
The attack was the second in less than a week on a military convoy in northern Shan State’s Muse District. Forces from the Kachin Independence Army (...