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New Karen State Chief Minister Nan Khin Htwe Myint (Second from right)
April 1, 2016
All 23 Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) members of parliament (MPs) unanimously approved the appointment of Nan Kin Htwe Myint, as Karen State Chief...
April 1, 2016
The trial of 28 Arakanese men accused of having associations with the Arakan Army (AA) began at Kyauktaw Township Court on 25 March.
March 31, 2016
A crowd of what protest organizers claim was bigger than 1,000 people marched in Arakan State’s capital Sittwe last week to demand that a...
March 31, 2016
The leaders of eight ethnic armed groups who signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with Burma’s central government last November, held a...
March 31, 2016
A skirmish broke out between troops from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Battalion 37 and the Burma Army near Mannaung Village in Mongbaw,...
March 30, 2016
Ethnic and community based health organizations issued a call for Burma’s new government to recognize community based health services that are being...
March 29, 2016
There was a skirmish between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at Sisi Wong Hill in northern Shan State on the evening of 24...
Hpasithan Journal Chief Editor U Zaw Ye Htet
March 29, 2016
U Zaw Ye Htet, the Hpasithan Journal Chief Editor, was released on bail on 21 March following 14 days in prison charged with defaming the police...
March 28, 2016
The National League for Democracy (NLD) will appoint its own party member to lead Shan State as Chief Minister, according to the party's spokesperson...
March 28, 2016
Fighting between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) troops and those from a government backed People’s Militia Force broke out in Kachin state’s Kampaiti...
March 25, 2016
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The price of roofing materials such as thatch and stitched palm leaves have increased this year in Maungdaw South, Arakan...
SNDP Annual Meeting
March 25, 2016
Sai Ai Pao was re-elected to serve a second term as chairman of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) on 20 March at the SNDP Annual Meeting...