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May 24, 2017
Amid much speculation about what can be achieved at the second round of the Union Peace Conference, scheduled to start on May 24, even the ceasefire...
May 23, 2017
Construction on an offshore supply base meant to support the growing oil and natural gas industry in Myanmar (Burma) has been suspended, following...
May 23, 2017
About 600 residents of the deep-water port town of Kyaukphyu in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Monday protested against Chinese oil tankers...
May 22, 2017
Mon National School students who want to join government schools for the 2017/2018 academic year will have to take a placement test, according to the...
May 22, 2017
The Karen National Union (KNU) has announced it will help lobby ethnic leaders to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement.
May 22, 2017
With much pomp and circumstance, the 59th anniversary of Shan Revolution Day was celebrated on May 21 with two separate ceremonies.
May 22, 2017
Members of the Northern Alliance, a coalition of ethnic armed groups engaged in active fighting, have indicated they are unlikely to attend the...
May 20, 2017
Claiming to have seen no local dividends from large-scale Chinese development projects, southern Rakhine State fishermen and residents are preparing...
May 20, 2017
A caterer was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for throwing hot water on a teenage employee in retaliation for an alleged theft.
May 19, 2017
A member of the Kayin (Karen) State government has objected to a Karen National Union official totting guns in an area of “dual administration”.
May 19, 2017
A Shan political party fears the Tatmadaw will try to revoke ethnic groups’ right to secede from the Union at the upcoming Panglong peace conference.
May 19, 2017
An ethnic coalition organization has called on the government to help support minorities by allowing them to hold national-level political dialogues.
