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December 7, 2018
Myanmar's Minister of Information Minister Pe Myint speaks during the Myanmar's 7th conference on Media Development in Nay Pyi Taw on 05 December...
December 7, 2018
Food supplies cannot be transported through Chinese territory to over 70,000 Kachin Internally Displaced People (IDPs) staying along the Sino-Myanmar...
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December 6, 2018
The Ministry of Construction announced the list of ten shortlisted companies, out of 12 that qualified for building Yangon Elevated Expressway Phase...
December 6, 2018
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has urged teachers especially younger ones to serve in remote areas. “I’d like you to have the mindset and attitude...
December 5, 2018
The KNU released a statement declaring the road as a military extension, rather than a project to serve the citizens in the area. The Karen National...
December 5, 2018
Shots were allegedly fired by plain clothed gunmen. Three members of People’s Militia Forces (PMFs) were killed and two more were wounded after shots...
December 5, 2018
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sent a letter to the concerned ministry in relation to taking action against police personnel who beat a taxi...
December 5, 2018
The top UN humanitarian office has called for attention to the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar's northeastern states of...
December 4, 2018
The annual Zofest will take place this year in the village of Reiek, in India’s Mizoram State, from December 4-7. The event is held every year to...
December 4, 2018
The Chin National Front (CNF) agreed in a recent meeting of its leadership to keep moving forward in Burma’s current peace process, which centers on...
Women's rights activist Yee Mon Htun.
December 4, 2018
Despite having spent most of her life outside of her home country, Yee Mon Htun has devoted her career to empowering marginalized groups in Myanmar,...
IDPs Worried Land Will be Grabbed Under New Law
December 4, 2018
‘I feel that IDPs are being abused again because of this new land management law,’ said one displaced man from Kachin State. Internally displaced...