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August 16, 2018
A 17-member working committee has been established last week with the aim to officially establish the new Kachin merged party and carry out future...
August 16, 2018
After second flooding hit the Karen (Kayin) State's capital Hpa-an, two more relief camps have been opened in the city and the number of flood...
August 16, 2018
The royal wardrobe boasts nearly 140 pieces of attire once worn by saophas .
August 16, 2018
The demands are in opposition to the Upper Yeywa Dam, which expected to drown a village and hundreds of acres of farmland.
August 16, 2018
Local residents have expressed their sadness over the government administrators’ sale of the only public road in Mawmau Bum to respective companies...
August 16, 2018
Although the court had previously stated that it would decide on whether charges should be filed against eight youth detainees from Mrauk U in the...
 IKO Conference (Photo - Hsarkolomoe Tuenunu)
August 16, 2018
The International Karen Organization (KIO) has urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to call an emergency congress to review and steer the ongoing...
August 15, 2018
The Tatmadaw and the Northern Alliance have been engaged in heavy fighting in Tamoenye Sub-Township in northern Shan State since Sunday (August 12).
Residents make their way along a flooded street in Hpa-An Township in Kayin State, Myanmar, 02 August 2018. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
August 15, 2018
Police in Paung, Mon State, evacuated the fishing community in Ahlyat Village in Paung Township as high tide destroyed their homes yesterday, state...
August 15, 2018
An embankment dam burst in Kala Bar Taung Village of Taung Yin Group under Kyaukpyu Township, Rakhine State at around 11 am on August 13.
August 14, 2018
Karen leaders in the Irrawaddy Region ignored warnings and threats from Burmese authorities trying to stop Karen people commemorating the annual...
August 14, 2018
The first congress of the Arakan Peasant Union is being held in Sittwe with the aim to establish a stronger peasant union and work for farmers’...