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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
February 4, 2019
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that if one wants to enter the legislative branch or wants to be a member of parliament, then one must...
February 4, 2019
‘If ethnic people have equal rights, the Union won’t face disintegration. If they don’t have equal rights, the Union will disintegrate. It’s very...
February 1, 2019
‘We have always tried to opposed the Myitsone dam project,’ a civil society leader says in response to a Chinese statement suggesting local...
February 1, 2019
Saw Joseph, a medic with the frontline humanitarian organization Free Burma Rangers is the winner of the 2018 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award. In a...
Man Shot and Killed in TachileikPhoto by – Sai Kham Boo
February 1, 2019
The man was killed by gunmen on a motorbike in the middle of the afternoon. A 50-year-old man was shot in the head and killed in eastern Shan State’s...
Photo by Muse Civilian
February 1, 2019
The number of drug users appears to be increasing, particularly among youth in the border community. Five people die every month of drug-related...
KNU General Secretary Pado Saw Tado Muh
February 1, 2019
The Karen National Army (KNU) General Secretary Pado Saw Tado Muh responded to the Myanmar Army’s recent allegations of the KNU’s involvement in...
NMSP,along with Lahu Democratic Union, presented at NCA signing ceremony, on 13 February, 2018 (Photo: Eleven Media Group)
February 1, 2019
It has been almost one year since the New Mon State Party (NMSP) signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). The NMSP signed the NCA in February...
February 1, 2019
Two Mon officials are protesting the arrest of two people found in possession of 1,700 Thai Baht ($1.20 USD).Mon State Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Dr...
January 31, 2019
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) issued a position statement dated January 30, 2019, calling for enacting a law relating to the...
Christine Schraner Burgener (C), United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Myanmar, visits a Hindu temple of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 23 January 2019. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
January 31, 2019
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar visited the country from 18 to 29 January. According an official statement, she oversaw the...
January 31, 2019
She was speaking at the ‘Invest Myanmar Summit 2019’ opening ceremony held at Myanmar International Convention Centre 2 (MICC 2) in Nyapyitaw on...