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Caption: MP U Min Soe Lin was sacked from the Mon National Party on July 19. (Photo: Facebook)
July 21, 2017
The Mon National Party is being torn apart by competing factions, some of which do not have the party's best interest at heart, according to a...
July 21, 2017
A Hilux truck attempting to transport over 70,000 amphetamine tablets was busted at a border inspection gate in Maungdaw, northern Rakhine (Arakan)...
Caption: Nai Aung Ma Nge, U Hla Maung Shwe, and U Min Zaw Oo meet for informal talks in Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Photo - NMG)
July 21, 2017
The government’s Peace Commission will meet next month with negotiators from an umbrella organization representing ethnic armed groups that have not...
July 21, 2017
Over 100 Myanmar nationals were rescued this week after Thai authorities busted a human trafficking ring on the outskirts of Bangkok, Myanmar state...
July 21, 2017
Growing tension between government soldiers and Ta’ang National Liberation Army troops in northern Shan state has forced hundreds of people from...
July 20, 2017
At the behest of a Tatmadaw attaché, Thailand blocked a meeting of Shan organizations and ethnic armed groups set to take place in Chiang Mai this...
July 20, 2017
An additional charge has been levied against a Kachin man in relation to a Hpakant prayer service marking the sixth anniversary of the renewed Kachin...
July 20, 2017
In an editorial upset prompted by alleged government meddling and a lack of editorial freedom, the news team from the state government-run Rakhine...
Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi pays her respects to her late father as Myanmar marks the 70th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2017. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
July 20, 2017
Myanmar officially observed Martyrs’ Day yesterday, the 70th anniversary of the assassination of independence heroes including General Aung San,...
A reporter raises his hands while wearing chains during a demonstration held to demand the Myanmar government and Myanmar military release detained journalists, in front of Yangon City Hall, Yangon, Myanmar, 30 June 2017. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
July 20, 2017
Three Myanmar journalists who are facing jail for their reporting accused the army on Tuesday of trying to silence the media, as fears grow for free...
July 18, 2017
Shan State looks like it may get its long-awaited national-level political dialogue later this year. The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State...
July 18, 2017
Rakhine students who passed their matriculation exam with top marks have been congratulated with a cash windfall, courtesy of the Rakhine (Arakan)...