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December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
December 28, 2025
Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
December 28, 2025
Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
Development Media Group
October 1, 2019
MPs urge strong security at Myanmar-Bangladesh border fence
U Tun Aung Thein, Pyithu Hluttaw member from Buthidaung Township, urged the security forces to guard the border fence between Arakan State and...
Development Media Group
October 1, 2019
IDPs demand a stop to hostilities in Arakan State
The ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State has been affecting local people and IDPs from conflict ridden areas demand a...
Khonumthung News
October 1, 2019
Three Villagers Disappear in Paletwa Township
Three residents of the village of Maung in the Lay Myo area of southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township have been missing for more than two weeks,...
Chin World
September 30, 2019
The speaker says try to even up the budget distribution in e...
“The speaker on the 19th session of Chin State Hluttaw said that he would try to adjust the budget distribution to every township in Chin State” said...
Kachin News Group
September 30, 2019
Internal Myanmar Migration to Kachin State Cause Concern for...
The Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP), a newly formed opposition party has raised concerns about government policies that encourage the migration of...
Development Media Group
September 30, 2019
Locals flee from homes in Myebon because of fierce battles
More than 200 people from three villages in Myebon Township, have fled their homes because of fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA)...
Development Media Group
September 30, 2019
AA says they won’t use the religious buildings as protective...
The bottom of West Myede Pagoda in Mrauk-U was slightly destroyed during an artillery strike on the evening of March 15. The Arakan Army (AA)...
Daw Ohn Hla, chairperson of Karen Women Union (Photo: Daw Ohn Hla)
September 30, 2019
KUPC calls on Gov’t to drop charges against Karen Martyr’s D...
The arrest of “Karen Martyr’s Day” organizers, Naw Ohn Hla and two young people has sparked a reaction from the Karen Unity and Peace Committee (KUPC...
Independent Mon News Agency
September 30, 2019
Democracy is the priority says, says NLD at their 31st anniv...
According to Dr. Myo Nyunt, a spokesperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), achieving democracy has to be priority in the pursuit of...
Independent Mon News Agency
The little house of Naw Sein Mu (photo: Sandar Nyan-NMA)
September 30, 2019
The Voiceless Women in Armed Conflicts
A 40-year-old woman is rocking a cradle in front of a thatched roof hut, with bamboo flooring. The little house belongs to Naw Sein Mu, an ethnic...
Independent Mon News Agency
1st Mon Youth Conference (photo: MNA)
September 30, 2019
Seminar to be convened to increase Mon youth’s participation...
To strengthen youth’s participation in the peace and political affairs, a one-day Mon Youth Seminar will be organized in Kawkareik Township, Karen...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Photo Credit to VOA / NLD meeting – 21-22 September in Yangon
September 30, 2019
NLD’S ETHNIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: Is the formation a recipe to...
On September 22, the National League for Democracy (NLD) announced at a press conference following its Ethnic Affairs Committee meeting, in Yangon,...