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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
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Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
Kachin News Group
Burma Army soldiers raid Sar Maw IDP camp
September 26, 2016
Burma Army Raids Sar Maw IDP Camp
The Burma Army raided an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp located inside a Kachin Baptist church compound in Sar Maw Village on the Myitkyina...
Mizzima
Refugees in Myaing Gyi Ngu. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
September 26, 2016
4000 displaced people receive urgent assistance in Kayin Sta...
In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent...
Mizzima
A landslide in July 2015 on Kalay-Falam-Haka Road, disrupted transport in Falam Township and surrounding areas. Photo: Bik Lian
September 26, 2016
France allocates € 1.4 M aid to Rakhine, Chin, and Kachin St...
France has allocated € 1.4 M to improve food security in Rakhine and Kachin States and to contribute rebuilding livelihoods in Chin State in 2016,...
Mizzima
A Muslim woman walks by in front of the local mosque in the Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
September 26, 2016
Muslim groups call for halt to demolition of mosques in Rakh...
A total of 11 Rohingya organizations have called on the Rakhine State government not to destroy mosques, Muslim schools, and Rohingya houses that the...
Kaladan Press
September 26, 2016
Refugee worker dies in Teknaf land port
A Rohingya refugee - daily worker, not registered permanent worker, living Leda unregistered Rohingya refugee camp (Tal) - died in Teknaf land port...
Shan Herald Agency for News
September 26, 2016
New center for Tai studies to open in Taunggyi
A new research center for Tai studies will launch on Monday in Shan State capital Taunggyi, according to an executive member.
Independent Mon News Agency
Deputy speaker Dr. Aung Naing Oo was discussing at the Hluttaw (Photo: MNA)
September 24, 2016
Mon State Hluttaw 3rd Regular Session to begin on Oct. 13
The 3rd Regular Session of the Mon State Hluttaw [Parliament] will begin on October 3 at Hluttaw Hall in Mon State’s capital Mawlamyine, formerly...
Karen Information Center
The arrested men with the Thai authorities (photo from the AEC News Facebook page)
September 22, 2016
Five Refugees from Mae La Camp Arrested for Illegal Logging
The Thai authorities arrested five men from Mae La refugee camp, located in Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province, on 17 September for alleged illegal...
Independent Mon News Agency
Meeting of the national level political talk’s TOR drafting work group (Photo: Hla Maung Shwe).
September 22, 2016
Uncertainty surrounds national political dialogue to be held...
In the aftermath of the Union Peace Conference, national level political dialogues will be held in respective areas, by respective nationalities, and...
Network Media Group
PSLF/TNLA Troops (From PSLF/TNLA Facebook page.)
September 22, 2016
Burma Army Becomes More Active in PSLF/TNLA Areas
The Burma Army has increased its military activity in areas controlled by the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/...
Karen Information Center
September 21, 2016
Burma Army and Its Militia Claim Control Over the Mae Tha Wa...
Government troops claim they have now taken control of the Mae Tha Waw area in Karen State following weeks of intense fighting. The fighting was...
Karen Information Center
September 21, 2016
Karen Don Dance Added to Burma National Performing Arts Comp...
The Karen traditional Don Dance has been included in the Burma National Performing Arts competition that has been held for over 20-years.