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August 16, 2016
Around 1,000 youths converged for International Youth Day in Karen State’s capital Hpa-an last Saturday.
August 16, 2016
Residents from Shahtuzup village in Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley believe that two men that have been missing since Friday are being detained by the...
August 16, 2016
Fighting between the Burma Army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has intensified since the group’s political wing; the Kachin Independence...
August 15, 2016
According to representatives of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) who were attending meetings in Chiangmai last week, prior to the meeting with the...
Hostels built for Chinese workers near the Myitsone Dam site, photographed in January 2012. Photo: Mizzima
August 15, 2016
The Myanmar government has formed a commission to examine the Ayeyarwady Myitsone up-stream river basin hydropower projects in Kachin State to review...
Photo: Phan Foundation
August 15, 2016
The Phan Foundation has announced that the winner of the 2015 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award has gone to Sa Shine, a community worker in Hpa-an,...
Meeting of the Mon National Conference organizing committee (Photo: MNA)
August 15, 2016
The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP), one of two predominant ethnic Mon political parties, has decided it will not attend the 8th Mon National...
Mon State Police Chief Bo Bo Oo is addressing a speech (Photo: MNA)
August 15, 2016
Out of Mon State’s 10 townships, Thaton Township experiences the highest rate of gambling. 73 gambling cases took place across Mon State, between...
August 13, 2016
True to her conviction and Aung San Suu Kyi determined to keep up with her self-drawn timeline, Union Peace Conference (UPC) will be held on 31st...
August 13, 2016
U Aung Htoo is the principal of Federal Law Academy situated in Mai Ja Yang Town, a controlled area of Kachin Independent Organization, in Kachin...
August 13, 2016
The secretary of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has said that their participation at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC...
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August 11, 2016
The Nippon Foundation has withdrawn plans to build 100 low-cost housing units for refugees that will be resettled to Tanintharyi Region from Thai...