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May 16, 2017
Clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army are taking place on a daily basis in northern Shan Shan State, according to an...
Sembcorp’s 225-megawatt factory is seen under construction in Thaungtha township. (Photo – Kyemon)
May 16, 2017
Construction of Myanmar’s largest natural gas power plant is set to finish up next year and give a much-needed boost to the country’s electricity...
May 16, 2017
A Canadian charity and the Karen National Union launched Karen State’s first modern teaching hospital this weekend.
Signboard saying “No Entry Permission” at the Mong Kung coalmine entrance.
May 16, 2017
The Pyae Aung Hein and Hein Mitter companies are continuing their coal-mining operations in Mong Kung, despite an agreement to move out of the area...
May 16, 2017
A plan to erect nearly three dozen government buildings in Loikaw has set off alarm bells among local farmers who claim the proposed location sits...
Abul Hamid, the president of Bangladesh
May 15, 2017
Bangladesh’s president and prime minister had one message for the outgoing Myanmar ambassador: tell your country to work toward repatriating Rohingya...
May 15, 2017
Villagers in Rathedaung township claim to have seen Myanmar security forces exchange fire in an incident that may have been fuelled by confusion, or...
May 15, 2017
At least 10,000 residents in southern Shan State’s Laikha Township do not hold either identity cards or household registration documents, according...
1st Myanmar-China Think Tank Forum held on 11 May 2017 at Mangshi, Dohong of China.
May 15, 2017
The first Myanmar-China Think Tank Forum was held in Mangshi which is in the Dohong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China from 9 May to 11...
China’s special representative for Burma, Sun Gunxiang (left) and Bao Youxiang, the leader of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) (right).
May 15, 2017
Fighting has broken out again between the Burmese army and Kokang rebels near the Sino-Burmese border. The clashes coincide with a meeting between...
May 14, 2017
On May 5 the Mon State government instructed the plant, which is owned by the military-linked Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Limited (UMEHL), to...
May 14, 2017
Ye Township, the last area of Mon State that does not get regular electrical service, will be connected to a private electric grid by November 2018...