News

January 25, 2016
An ancient inscribed stone tablet was discovered in Ann Township, central Arakan State, by a monk who was digging a well at a monastery in Ruu...
January 22, 2016
A prominent Arakanese student leader faces prosecution for his part in protest demonstrations against education laws in March 2014.
January 21, 2016
A campaign to make Mon National Day an official public holiday has been spearheaded by the annual event’s organizing committee and members of the Mon...
January 21, 2016
Mi Jalon Htaw, 41, won the local election in Tarana Village Tract in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State to become one of the only female village tract...
January 21, 2016
An All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) woman member was reportedly assaulted by 10 Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) female supporters...
January 20, 2016
Rohingyas in refugee camps in Burma and people in the surrounding areas have been suffering from pneumonia and diarrhoea, said Korim Ullah, a refugee...
Volunteer teachers Maran Lu Ra, 20, and Nan Tsin, 21, were sexually assaulted and murdered in their home northern Shan State one year ago. No one has been charged or arrested for the crime. (Photo: KWAT)
January 20, 2016
A report examining war crimes of sexual violence against ethnic women, and their “systematic cover-up” by the Burma Army was released by the Kachin...
January 20, 2016
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) fought again on the morning...
January 19, 2016
The newly formed Shan State Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-S) held its first meeting on 9 January in Kholam Township in southern Shan State.
January 19, 2016
A group of Mon political party leaders and representatives from Mon CSOs (Photo: Banya Aung Moe)The New Mon State Party (NMSP) says it will work to...
January 19, 2016
Representatives attend NMSP’s 9th Congress (Photo: Sike Chan Htaw) The New Mon State Party (NMSP) says it will work towards a genuine federal union...
From left to right: Dr. Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong of the Chin National Front (CNF), Lt.-Gen. Yawd Serk of the RCSS/SSA-S, Gen. Mutu Say Poe of the Karen National Union (KNU), and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of the NLD attend the opening ceremony of the Union Peace Conference on January 12, 2016. (Photo: KNU-HQ)
January 18, 2016
A leadership delegation from the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) flew to Switzerland on 15 January for a ten-day...