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Photo caption: Five golden plates that have been recently found (Photo – Tun Naing and Mrauk U Kingdom)
February 9, 2017
Ancient gold artifacts have been found on a hill near the old Danyawaddy city in Mrauk U Township of the Arakan State.
February 9, 2017
On 23 January, the top-level delegation of the signatory EAOs met State Counselor Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and the Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen Min Aung...
Union Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Ministry Deputy Minister Hla Kyaw.
February 8, 2017
The President’s Office has agreed to the dissolution of the Myanmar International Cooperation Agency (MICA) which was authorized to rent and manage...
9th UPDJC conference in Nay Pyi Taw (Photo: Hla Maung Shwe/Facebook)
February 8, 2017
The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) on Monday suspended regional-level discussions involving the Chin National Front (CNF) and the...
February 8, 2017
We are Tai (WAT), a Shan youth group based in Shan State’s Taunggyi Capital, provided handicraft training to displaced persons, who are taking...
Tourists take a selfie at the Golden Rock. Photo: Ernest Chan
February 7, 2017
The golden light of the setting December sun flooded the hillsides of Mt. Kyaiktiyo, casting a warm glow over the crowds of pilgrims gathered around...
February 7, 2017
Mon State Hluttaw’s public complaints and petitions committee has found solutions for 170 of the 486 complaint or petition letters submitted by the...
February 6, 2017
Days after U Ko Ni’s assassination the police department, and for that reason the home ministry, hasn’t come up with an explanation or press...
Protesters are marching in Mon State’s capital Mawlamyine (Photo: MNA)
February 6, 2017
Approximately 1500 ethnically diverse people led by civil society organizations in Mon State cooperatively staged a protest as a public movement for...
Methamphetamine tablets. Photo: EPA
February 6, 2017
Myanmar Police seized 200,000 methamphetamine drug tablets in Myomakanyintan village in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, according to a statement by...
February 3, 2017
The Karen people have finalized the draft policy papers on the four sectors that will be proposed at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference or...
February 3, 2017
A displaced villager from the Mae Tha Wor area of Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State stepped on a landmine as he and other villagers returned to their...