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May 3, 2017
Angered over recent electricity price increases and frequent blackouts, over 200 people staged a protest on May 1 in Myawaddy township, Kayin State.
May 3, 2017
At a May 1 ceremony marking International Workers’ Day, activists in Thailand demanded better conditions for Myanmar migrant workers.
May 3, 2017
The Sri Lankan coastguard intercepted a boat carrying 30 Rohingya refugees and two Indian nationals on April 30, according to a spokesperson for the...
May 2, 2017
Today workers around the world take to the streets to commemorate May Day and to show their solidarity for their hard fought rights and to continue...
May 2, 2017
Villagers demanded the return of their land, confiscated by the Burma Army, with members of the Karen State Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Committee –...
May 2, 2017
A number of rural families in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township are to be given back lands that were confiscated from them by the Burmese army...
May 2, 2017
Some 30 local residents of Hsipaw Township in northern Shan State marched through the streets on Thursday, demanding the return of lands which were...
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-...