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In this photograph taken October 13, 2016, armed rebels belonging to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) ethnic group inspect the frontline after it was hit by a military bomb during two days of fighting with the Myanmar military near Laiza in Kachin State. Photo: Hkun Lat/AFP
January 11, 2017
Seven Kachin Independence Army troops (KIA) were killed as the Myanmar Army took over four more outposts from the powerful ethnic Kachin armed group...
Over 2,000 Zai Awng IDPs Flee from War for the Third Time
January 11, 2017
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing from Zai Awng IDP camp at China-Burma border have to flee to a new safe location on 7 January after the...
Photo by - Hpa-an Thar
January 11, 2017
Twenty-three members of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Splinter DKBA), also known as Klohtoobaw Karen Organization (KKO), led by Soe Soe...
January 10, 2017
In October 2016, more than 5,000 people took to the streets of Namkham, northern Shan State, when the township’s education officials failed to pay...
January 10, 2017
A New Year’s Day meeting with Burma’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi fell flat when several ethnic representatives chose not to attend, while...
JMC-S public meeting (Photo: Aung Naing Win)
January 10, 2017
The State-level Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Committee – Mon State (JMC-S) held a public meeting on Saturday, in Hnintsot Village, Ye Township, Mon...
Over 200 local protesters demand rural health center
January 9, 2017
Over 200 locals staged a protest yesterday in Belin Town, Belin Township, Mon State, urging for the construction of a rural health center in...
Quarry site in Mon State (Photo: Internet)
January 9, 2017
The Mon State Government has directed any investing companies in Mon State to report on their Environmental Management Program (EMP), in order to...
January 6, 2017
International Based Groups Denied Vote at KNU 16th Congress Elections – “Congress Election Outcome Critical to How KNU Progresses Its Peace Plans…”...
List of five candidates to compete for Changzone Township’s Pyithu Hluttaw constituency
January 6, 2017
Mon State’s Chaungzone Township Election Sub-commission has so far calculated more than 126,000 voters eligible to cast their ballots for Pyithu...
An area of rubber plantation where the electricity poles will pass through (Photo: MNA)
January 4, 2017
Locals are worried they won’t receive adequate compensation for their rubber and seasonal fruit tree plantations after they are felled to set up...
Mon youths march at the fourth Mon Youth Day celebration event (Photo: MNA)
January 4, 2017
The fifth celebration of Mon Youth Day will be held in Waegaru Village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State on December 28.