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Participants of a recent workshop in Karen State discussed strategies for returning internally displaced populations.
August 25, 2016
A workshop by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) about the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) was held in Karen...
About 60 community leaders from Ho Pang, Kunlong, Lashio, Tangyan and Hsenwi protest against the Naung Pha dam, August 21, 2016 (Photo-SHRF)
August 25, 2016
A controversial Chinese dam project in Shan State has been given the go-ahead, as local human rights organisations warned that the development could...
August 25, 2016
A moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.5 on the Richter scale was felt in Indo-Myanmar border area on Tuesday morning.
Photo- Reuters
August 25, 2016
The Indian Government will support the development programs in the Arakan State in Myanmar and the new India Government in New Delhi has adopted many...
August 25, 2016
A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake, which covered Myanmar, Thailand, Bangladesh and eastern India, hit the western Burmese State of Arakan damaging...
August 25, 2016
Chin state Community Based Tourism (CBT) has been initiated in three villages – Saw Luang in Kanpalet township, Ta Suan in Falam township, and Lai Lu...
Prof. Jayati Ghosh. Photo: UCL/Youtube
August 25, 2016
Leading Indian economists Prof. Jayati Ghosh and Prof. C P Chandrasekhar of Jawaharlal Nehru University are visiting Myanmar to interact with Myanmar...
August 25, 2016
U Aung Myint, a member of the Union Election Commission, recently announced that a by-election will take place in Kyethi and Mong Hsu townships in...
August 25, 2016
Since last week, fighting between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has been breaking out near the main trade route with China in...
August 25, 2016
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the private sector have launched the first working group for Myanmar’s hydropower sector, according to a...
August 24, 2016
Shortly after State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrived back from her official visit to China, delegates of the Chinese government met separately...
August 24, 2016
A workshop for teachers and public servants to raise awareness on landmines and other explosive remnants of war is currently underway in Karen State...