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August 31, 2017
<p>Residents of a Yunnan border town are accusing Chinese police of beating to death a Myanmar man while he was in custody for an undisclosed...
August 31, 2017
<p>More than 6,000 Shan refugees, currently living in six camps along the Thai-Burmese border, are suddenly faced with the prospect of...
August 31, 2017
Over five dozen members of the Mon National Party (MNP) have resigned en masse in a show of no confidence.
August 31, 2017
The Mon State Civil Society Organizations’ Network has issued a statement condemning the ongoing violence in northern Rakhine State and calling for...
August 30, 2017
<p>Boosting ethnic voices in media is a necessary element of national reconciliation and will contribute to de-escalating conflicts, said...
August 30, 2017
Keeping Karen traditions alive overseas, a Bangkok-based organization held a wrist-tying ceremony on August 27 that was attended by nearly 3,000...
Bilin Township Pyithu Hluttaw MP U Tin Ko Ko Oo (right) pressed Union Minister of Industry U Khin Maung Cho for details on a sugar factory during an August 28 session of parliament. (Photo – Pyithu Hluttaw)
August 30, 2017
A long-neglected, state-owned sugar factory in Mon State may begin operations as soon as December, Pyithu Hluttaw has heard.
Aung Tun, an MP from the Ta’ang (Palaung) National Party representing Namsan Township Constituency No. 2
August 29, 2017
<p>Namsan Township MP Aung Tun has called in parliament for the Burmese and Chinese oil and gas firms who operate pipelines through Kyaukme...
August 29, 2017
Rakhine State Government spokesman Min Aung told Mizzima that they were continuously providing relief supplies to those who fleeing from terrorist...
August 28, 2017
<p>After three H1N1 flu cases were confirmed at a refugee camp along the Thai-Myanmar border last week, the area has been under quarantine with...
rrawaddy journalist Lawi Weng, who was detained in Shan State on Jun 28 of this year (Photo: Steve Tickner/Facebook)
August 28, 2017
Personal reflection and perspective The fact that I can be considered a public intellectual now is a small wonder. As a Mon child born into a rural...
August 28, 2017
<p>Karen News (Karen Information Center - KIC) sat down with P&rsquo;doh Saw Ar Toe, head of the Karen National Union (KNU)&rsquo;s...