News

October 2, 2017
Lights can stay on for 24-hours in Myebon township, Rakhine State starting this month, thanks to an extension of the national grid.
October 2, 2017
Hoping to bring relief displaced Karen people whose camp no longer has a source of funding, the Karen diaspora across the border in Thailand staged...
October 2, 2017
A Kayin (Karen) State official is accusing some school administrators of putting up road blocks to prevent Karen language and literature classes from...
September 29, 2017
Local people from Putao, Machanbaw, Nogmung staged a protest demonstration on September 28 over designating more areas in the World Heritage...
September 27, 2017
Tired of being taxed by soldiers, and seeing little headway after petitioning state politicians, Kachin State residents are taking up the issue of a...
Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) factory (Photo – MNA)
September 26, 2017
<p>Officials from a Mon State cement factory say that they have not received a notice of censure from the Mon State government, despite a...
September 26, 2017
<p>Despite appeals for emergency funding, a displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State has received no additional cash and anticipates its...
September 26, 2017
The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) of United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) spokesman Nai Aung Ma Nge said that they would meet...
September 23, 2017
<p>Mon State Hluttaw MPs are now more publicly accessible thanks to a book collating their information and contact details.</p> <p>...
Residents of Hmein Ga Nein Village held a protest in Mawlamyine (Photo – MNA)
September 22, 2017
A group of Mon State villagers are furious at their parliamentary representative after the recent sacking of a local administrator.
September 22, 2017
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) denounced all acts of violence and called for the country to come together and support peace in a statement issued...
September 22, 2017
In order to clampdown on backyard livestock breeding and the disease outbreaks that can fuel, the Mon State government is in search of land for...