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Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
May 2, 2017
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi left Yangon yesterday to pay official visits to Italy, Britain, and the European Union (EU) Headquarters in...
A plantation site in Chin State. Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now
May 2, 2017
Farmer Swae Du Hmone remembers how until a few years ago his family would have to venture into the mountains around Htalan Yong Village each spring...
A Mawlamyine-Bilugyun Ferry (photo: MNA)
May 2, 2017
Faced with rapidly declining ridership following the opening of a new bridge, regular ferry service between the Mon State’s Mawlamyine Capital and...
An exterior view of the Headquarters of the World Bank in Washington, DC, USA. Photo: EPA
May 2, 2017
The World Bank approved a $200 million credit for a First Macroeconomic Stability and Fiscal Resilience Development Policy Operation, to assist the...
May 2, 2017
Retired Tatmadaw personnel who have chosen to stay in Kayin (Karen) State must follow local rules and will be under the supervision of the state-...
May 2, 2017
An anniversary memorial service was held this week for a university student who was gunned down by a Tatmadaw soldier in Myitkyina last year.
May 2, 2017
A Karen organization is trying to engage the public on federalism through grass roots consultations.
A Myanmar newspaper stand in Yangon. Photo: AFP
April 28, 2017
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s latest World Press Freedom Index highlights the danger of a tipping point in the state of media freedom in many...
April 28, 2017
Under the cover of early morning darkness on April 27, authorities in Mon State affixed signs bearing the name General Aung San to the bridge and...
(File) Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (C) visits a prison facility in Cebu City, Philippines, 26 January 2016. Photo: EPA
April 28, 2017
Myanmar’s prominent Catholic Church leader on Wednesday reminded his counterparts from other faiths about their moral obligation to build peace and...
PHOTO BY SHRF: Coal mining site in Nam Ma area.
April 28, 2017
Local residents in eastern Shan State’s Mong Phyak Township have called for a gold-mining company to cease operations as the work is damaging their...
April 28, 2017
In an open letter addressed to foreign governments, leaders and scholars, the Committee of Public Movement for Thanlwin Bridge (Chaung Zone) called...