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March 2, 2017
After the death of its lawmaker in January, Matupi township constituency 1 will continue to lack political representation, as it is too late to add...
March 2, 2017
As two Mon State detention centers undergo repairs mandated by the human rights commission this week, more than three dozen detainees were...
March 1, 2017
Pu Zin Cung, Chairman of Chin National Front (CNF) said that Chin Nationalism should be first priority to bring out common interest for Chin people,...
March 1, 2017
The United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Negotiations (DPN) and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will meet on 1...
March 1, 2017
Chin National Front (CNF) Vice-Chairman Dr.Salai Liang Hmung Sakhong told Mizzima that there were no ethnic armed organizations which had a policy of...
March 1, 2017
The state counsellor has agreed to meet with a key bloc representing ethnic armed groups this week, as momentum for signing the Nationwide Ceasefire...
March 1, 2017
Kayah State’s Parliament is tying to combat truancy among civil servants dispatched to remote areas by improving government housing.
February 28, 2017
<p>Three police officials have been sent to prison for negligence of duty during the attacks against No 1 Border Guard Police headquarters (...
February 28, 2017
The Arakan National Party (ANP) is striving hard to win the vacant seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw (Parliament) for Ann Township in the upcoming by-...
February 28, 2017
Local villagers living near the Taungalay Mountain quarry plants to stop the quarry as they claimed it has harmed their villages and environment.
Refugees and internally displaced persons have cited land mines as a central concern preventing them from returning home.
February 28, 2017
Despite the ceasefire pact signed in 2015 between the government and eight ethnic armed groups, land mine clearance continues to lag. The Joint...
February 27, 2017
Mrauk-U farmers are on edge as paddy prices have plummeted. Nearly 500 area farmers gathered over the weekend in a demonstration calling on the...