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June 9, 2017
<p>Marking its 20th anniversary, the Karen Information Center (KIC) News held a media roundtable discussion about the future of media in...
 U Chit Tin, Mon State Hluttaw MP from Ye constituency 2, submitted a proposal on June 7 calling for the government to crackdown on unlicensed quarries. (photo: MNA)
June 9, 2017
<p>Mon State parliamentarians have called for an immediate halt of unlicensed laterite excavating and selling.</p> <p>MPs said that...
June 9, 2017
<p>Six people, including children, were injured during a lightning storm that struck an unofficial refugee camp in Bangladesh on June 7,...
June 8, 2017
Mon educators are still waiting to hear from the Union government about a proposal to fund Mon national schools.
June 8, 2017
Vehicles have been instructed not to travel around Kachin State’s notorious jade town in the evenings due to ongoing military conflict between the...
U Min Kyaw Lwin (left) has been nominated to serve as Mon State’s Minister for Construction and Municipal Affairs (photo: MNA)
June 8, 2017
The Mon State government has put forward a name to fill the Minister for Construction post, which has been vacant since a resignation earlier this...
U Min Kyaw Lwin (left) has been nominated to serve as Mon State’s Minister for Construction and Municipal Affairs (photo: MNA)
June 8, 2017
<p>The Mon State government has put forward a name to fill the Minister for Construction post, which has been vacant since a resignation...
June 8, 2017
It’s time to admit the current peace process isn’t working and to demand an overhaul, a June 8 statement from the Karen National Union Concerned...
June 8, 2017
Villagers attempting to flee fighting in Kachin State have become trapped as the roads in and out of their town are clogged with warring battalions,...
June 8, 2017
<p>The controversial Buddhist organization formerly known as Ma Ba Tha has provided financial and food aid to cyclone victims in northern...
Maungdaw District officials estimate more than 14,000 area homes were damaged or destroyed Cyclone Mora last month. (Photo – Facebook)
June 8, 2017
<p>Houses in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships were hard hit when Cyclone Mora lashed the state at the end of May. According to the latest...
June 8, 2017
Workers at gold and amber mines in Kachin’s Tanai township have been served an eviction notice.