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April 7, 2017
The by-elections for 19 seats in Burma’s parliament were held on April 1, 2017, which was contested by 94 candidates [18 each from the Nationalities...
April 7, 2017
Two men were shot dead and another injured by unknown assailants in southern Shan State’s Mong Kung Township.
April 7, 2017
Sixty nominations for new leaders to represent the Karen National Union (KNU) were reportedly cast by secret ballot yesterday at KNU headquarters in...
April 7, 2017
Loong [Uncle] Hein Swe Moe, the patron of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), passed away yesterday at the age of 91 in Mandalay,...
April 7, 2017
With the aim of developing the capacity of Mon State’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the Ministry of Industry will launch a program to train...
April 7, 2017
A two-day meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, concludes on Thursday between two ethnic negotiating teams – the Delegation for Political Negotiations (...
April 7, 2017
Only 38.4% of eligible voters participated in the April 1 by-election in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, or only 48,532 of Chaungzone Township’s 126,...
April 7, 2017
The Kantarawaddy Times met with Kayah State Chief Minister L Phaung Sho last week to take stock of his first year in office, including what’s gone...
April 7, 2017
A leading Mon State political party has hemorrhaged staff from its Ye township office after a dispute erupted over a proposed merger with other local...
April 6, 2017
An alliance of ethnic armed groups has said it will not attend the long-delayed second Panglong Conference unless its members first sign the...
April 6, 2017
The federal Union could unravel if the 1947 Panglong Agreement is not carefully heeded, the Kachin National Consultative Assembly warned this week.
April 6, 2017
Hoping to inject momentum into Myanmar’s mine clearance programs, Kayin (Karen) State officials held a workshop on April 4, International Day for...
