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May 11, 2017
Japan has supplied US$2 million to UN agencies that are helping support Rohingya refugees who recently fled to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.
The demonstrators protested outside the Guildhall, as Aung San Suu Kyi arrived at Guildhall for the award ceremony of Honorary Freedom of the City of London
May 11, 2017
A small group of demonstrators gathered in London on May 8 as State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was being presented an honorary award during an...
May 11, 2017
The peace process that is scheduled to pick up again on May 24, known as Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP), now seems to be...
Bogyoke Aung San Bridge. Photo: Ministry of Construction
May 11, 2017
The inauguration ceremony of the Bridge Museum and the controversial Bogyoke Aung San Bridge linking Mawlamyine and Chaungzone townships was held...
Mon State Chief Minister talking to reporters (Internet)
May 11, 2017
The Mon State Chief Minister, Dr. Aye Zan, announced on May 7 that he would hold four public meetings every year to get input and build cooperation...
The Mon State Chief Minister at a public meeting (MNA)
May 10, 2017
At a public meeting on May 7, Mon State Chief Minister Dr. Aye Zan told attendees that his office would crack down on administrators and village...
May 10, 2017
When a truck crashed through a Thanbyuzayat traffic circle last month, destroying a golden Sheldrake sculpture, many Mon people saw their feelings of...
May 10, 2017
Furious over declining rice prices and struggling to make a living, around 1,000 farmers staged a protest in Mrauk-U, Rakhine (Arakan) State on May 8...
May 10, 2017
Hundreds of activists and villagers gathered on May 3 and 4 to reject large-scale hydropower projects on the Salween River and demand the government...
The Kayah State Forestry Department inspects timber suspected of having been illegally harvested.
May 10, 2017
The Kayah (Karenni) State Forestry Department is accusing an ethnic armed group of obstructing the arrest of suspected illegal loggers.
May 9, 2017
Every man is my superior in some way. In that I learn from him. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) It was an honor to attend, observe and advise the...
Karen Dancers / Photo credit Martin Smith
May 9, 2017
Introduction: The Contemporary Impasse With the Union Peace Conference, known as the “21st Century Panglong”, rescheduled to start on 24 May, we are...