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July 31, 2017
<p>Schools have been closed and nearly 900 people have been evacuated from a town in southern Kayin (Karen) State due to severe flooding,...
Journalists Aye Nai (L) and Lawi Weng (C) and Pyae Phone Aung (front R) leave the courthouse after appearing for a hearing in Hsipaw in Shan State on July 28, 2017. Photo: AFP
July 31, 2017
Three journalists and three other accused who are charged with cases under section 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act were produced before the...
July 31, 2017
A prominent Myanmar journalist was detained as he tried to leave the country after an ultra-nationalist group filed a suit against him, a colleague...
July 31, 2017
Two patients admitted to Yangon General Hospital on 15 July, and on 28 July respectively and another patient transferred to North Okkalapa Hospital...
Tatmadaw Information Committee at meeting. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
July 31, 2017
<p>Maj. Gen. Aunt Ye Win from the Tatmadaw (Defence Services) True News Information Committee urged media to control and refrain from using...
July 29, 2017
<p>A Mon State official has pledged K16 million (US$11,800) for a traditional Karen wrist trying ceremony, an event celebrating Karen culture...
Bailey bridge on the Kya-in Seikkyi-Payathonzu Road was taken out by flood waters on July 26. (Photo: Facebook)
July 28, 2017
After heavy rain prompted flash floods, two bridges were washed away earlier this week in Kayin (Karen) State, leaving the Kay-in Seikkyi to...
The Southern Myanmar Journalists Network campaigns for freedom of express campaign in Mawlamyine. (photo: MNA)
July 28, 2017
<p>Amid an uptick of legal cases involving the press, the Southern Myanmar Journalists Network this week launched a campaign to support freedom...
Photo: Aung Thu Hein
July 28, 2017
Thailand has temporarily called off construction of a drain near the Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) border cross with Myanmar after digging on the site...
Photo: Three journalists who were arrested in conflict-ridden northern Shan State last month seen at a court on 21 June, 2017. Photo: Ko Myint Thein (Thibaw)
July 28, 2017
Amnesty International has called for the release of journalists facing prison over charges linked to reporting from Shan State.
July 28, 2017
<p>The Mon State government will provide 16 million kyats budget to hold Kayin traditional wrist typing ceremonies in the Mon State, according...
Mon literature textbooks for the 2017-2018 school year have still not arrived at some of the state’s schools. (Photo – MNA)
July 28, 2017
<p>Some state schools teaching Mon literature have not yet received the proper textbooks, delaying the coursework, according to a state...