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United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 January 2019. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA
February 8, 2019
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has welcomed the establishment of a parliamentary committee to amend the...
February 7, 2019
The Kachin Democratic Institute (KDI) opened its first learning center in the state capital of Myitkyina on Tuesday. The center marks KDI’s fourth...
February 7, 2019
It seems Shan State’s stigma of being the epicenter of narcotics production won’t go away easily even after nearly three decades of Afghanistan took...
Burmar MilitaryPhoto Credit to KNG
February 7, 2019
Tatmadaw presence is expanding in southern and northern Shan State and in Karenni State, sources say. Ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) say that the...
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February 7, 2019
The State Counsellor reportedly emphasized the people’s role in assisting the government in its duties. State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi...
Peace Dialogue Event held in Mon State’s Capital Mawlamyine (photo: MNA)
February 7, 2019
Several rounds of peace dialogues must be organized to break the several-months-long deadlock on peace negotiations said Saw Ho Shay, Vice Chairman...
Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: Mizzima
February 6, 2019
About 5.7 billion U.S. dollars of investment from over 70 foreign enterprises have entered Myanmar's Mandalay region so far since the regional...
February 6, 2019
Acting on a tip off, a combined team intercepted and searched a Pajero near Hteen Shuee Myaing Village and seized a gun and ammunition from the...
February 6, 2019
Burma Army chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing met church leaders in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina on Tuesday to discuss issues facing the state’s...
February 6, 2019
Thai authorities are reportedly planning to move a ‘job-seeking area’ near Khamtieng market to another location. Thai authorities in the northern...
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February 6, 2019
Police say that they had entered Burma illegally. Burmese police arrested 80 Thai nationals this week in eastern Shan State’s Mong Hsat Township,...
February 6, 2019
The Superintendent Office of the Mon State Police Department revealed criminal cases related to illicit drug trading have increased in Mon State. In...