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December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
December 28, 2025
Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
December 28, 2025
Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
Shan Herald Agency for News
November 28, 2016
China reinforces troops at Shan border
Following intensified hostilities between Burmese government forces and ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, the Chinese military has beefed...
Karen Information Center
November 28, 2016
Karen Politicians Call for Article 66(D) to Be Abolished
Some Karen political leaders have called for the Burmese Government to abolish Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law because it can be used to...
Shan Herald Agency for News
November 28, 2016
New Year called off in Northern Shan due to ongoing conflict
Townships in northern Shan State, including Muse, Hsenwi and Namkham, have said that they will not hold Shan New Year celebrations next week due to...
Independent Mon News Agency
Shai Reshef, President of UoPeople, talking to attendees at Wednesday’s event (Photo: UoPeople)
November 28, 2016
UoPeople offers 50 scholarships to Burmese refugees
The online California-based University of the People (UoPeople) announced on Wednesday, in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand, that it will provide 50...
Independent Mon News Agency
Hluttaw representatives discussing the municipal law drafting (Photo: MNA)
November 28, 2016
State-level committee removed in Mon State municipal law dra...
The Mon State Hluttaw has removed the State level committee members from the law amending and drafting Mon State Municipal Committee, in order for...
Independent Mon News Agency
Locals march in Mawlamyine Capital holding the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women banner (Photo: MNA)
November 28, 2016
International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women h...
International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women was held in Mon State’s Mawlmayine Capital on Friday, where locals displayed signs and...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Photo by Counselor Office Information Committee
November 28, 2016
Youth groups call for an end to conflict in northern Shan St...
Two leading ethnic Shan youth groups on Tuesday released statements calling for an immediate end to fighting between Burmese government forces and...
Shan Herald Agency for News
November 28, 2016
TNLA issued ‘fake news’ about seizing outposts: RCSS/SSA
Following a statement by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), claiming that it had seized bases belonging to the Restoration Council of Shan...
Khonumthung News
November 25, 2016
Public fund misuse in Mindat township
A report said that the money sanction for rebuilding natural disaster damaged community infrastructure and restore livelihood in Chin state by...
Mizzima
A picture made available on 20 November 2016 shows female soldiers of Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in action during the training session at a military camp near Laiza, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 19 November 2016. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
November 25, 2016
Suu Kyi urges all groups to sign NCA amid heightened conflic...
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke publicly for the first time yesterday about the recent conflict in Shan State involving the combined forces of the KIA, TNLA...
Karen Information Center
November 25, 2016
Burma Army Soldiers Remove Karen National Flag From School
The Karen national flag flown in front of a primary school in the dual administration areas of Win Ye Township was taken down by Burma Army soldiers...
Independent Mon News Agency
Mon State Hluttaw Representatives meet with SEGEP Officials (Photo: MNA)
November 25, 2016
SEGEP and State Hluttaw discuss Ye Tsp electricity project
Mon State Hluttaw representatives and officials of Southeast General Energy and Power Co., Ltd (SEGEP) held a meeting last week, wherein both sides...