News

November 20, 2015
Sa Eh Sue — Karen youth want the National League for Democracy to make peace their first priority when they take office as the new government early...
Children displaced by fighting in Shan State eat rice and cabbage in an IDP camp in Mong Hsu Township. (Oum Mwe: S.H.A.N)
November 20, 2015
Shan State’s 10,000-plus internally displaced people (IDPs) are now dispersed between more than ten locations in six townships, according to data...
November 20, 2015
The Maungdaw Township Administration Officer ordered mosque committee members to destroy a mosque and a maqtab (basic Arabic primary school) in Maung...
November 20, 2015
If you wander over to the Myenigon flyover on a Sunday evening you will be surprised to see sports cars drifting on the road in a crowded downtown...
November 20, 2015
The Russian engineered iron metallurgical plant in Shan State’s Pang Pet Iron ore mine has reached its first stage of completion. Producing “slag”...
November 20, 2015
The Russian engineered iron metallurgical plant in Shan State’s Pang Pet Iron ore mine has reached its first stage of completion. Producing “slag”...
November 20, 2015
Thuta Linn — Recent fighting between Myanmar Armed Forces and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State is creating concern...
November 20, 2015
San Maung Than — BNI Newsroom interviewed U Maung Maung Saw, leader of the Arakan Patriot Party (APP), to talk about the challenges the party faced...
November 19, 2015
Only 4 out of 100 Mon candidates standing for election won seats in the 8 November general election. Three Mon parties had candidates running, they...
Meeting between United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) and its partner organizations
November 19, 2015
The National League for Democracy (NLD), undisputed winners of the 2015 elections and currently transitioning into power, will meet with members of...
November 19, 2015
UNICEF Myanmar expressed deep concern and sadness over the deaths of an eight year-old and a 13 year-old girl caused by an explosive device that was...
November 19, 2015
APR Energy plc, a global leader in fast-track power solutions, announced today that its 102MW project in Myanmar has been extended through 2016, with...