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NLD party central committee member and lower house MP from Thayetchaung constituency Aung Soe. Photo: Mizzima
February 20, 2018
National League for Democracy (NLD) party central committee member and lower house MP, from Thayetchaung constituency, Aung Soe said that the ruling...
February 20, 2018
Around 1,000 members of the Tai Youth Network (TYN) from the Shan and Kachin states and Yangon and Mandalay regions climbed a mountain, which is home...
February 19, 2018
The Shan State Police Force Commander urged the installation of CCTVs for the security of the Shan State’s capital Taunggyi.
February 19, 2018
The Chin State Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aung Than said there is a disagreement between the Chin State government and the Chin State Hluttaw over...
Crashed truck lied beside train track
February 19, 2018
Five vehicle-train collisions have taken place in the Mon State after a train travelling from Dawei to Yangon collided with a logging truck near Wea-...
ANP headquarters, in Sittwe, Rakhine State (Photo: Photo: Aye Chan Khaing/Mizzima)
February 19, 2018
The Arakan National Party (ANP) Vice-Chairman Khaing Pyi Soe said that their second party congress would not be held in early 2018 as planned due to...
February 18, 2018
Over 100 ethnic Man Zi residents need food aids in Hseni Township in the northern Shan State after fleeing from the fighting between the Tatmadaw and...
February 18, 2018
The Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW) under the Karen National Union (KNU) has set down future plans to upgrade the health system within...
February 17, 2018
Every year the Restoration Council of Shan State Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) holds a massive celebration for Shan National Day on 7 February at their...
Entrance sign of Hopong Town, southern Shan State
February 16, 2018
The trial of eight residents of Hopong Township in southern Shan State will end soon after being detained by the Tatmadaw since mid-July last year.
February 16, 2018
The Karen Women Organization (KWO) of Mu-Traw (Hpapun) District held its seventh congress on February from 8 to 10, and elected new executive members...
Free Expression Myanmar meet local journalists in Taunggyi Capital, Shan State
February 15, 2018
Free Expression Myanmar met with local journalists from the Shan State’s capital Taunggyi on February 13 and conducted a survey on their concerns on...