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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...
July 27, 2017
Ethnic Lahu villagers in eastern Shan State say they are being forcibly relocated to make way for a new city project initiated by the United Wa State...
July 27, 2017
Karen refugee youth took part in a politics, peace and management bootcamp this week. Over 70 people attended the three-day training, which was held...
July 27, 2017
Only five houses have been rebuilt in a Karenni refugee camp in Thailand after a fire in the beginning of the month.
July 27, 2017
Heavy rainfall and flooding in Mon State has displaced nearly 5,000 people and led to the inundation of 15,000 acres of farmland, with fears of...
July 27, 2017
South Korea welcomed nearly two dozen Karen refugees to the country this week as part of a three-year resettlement program that began in 2015.
July 27, 2017
The body of a missing police colonel was found on July 25 in a stream in northern Rakhine State following a boating accident in Buthidaung township...
July 26, 2017
Monks in Rakhine State’s Thandwe township have refused to take down a Ma Ba Tha signboard, even after the state Sangha announced the nationalist...
July 26, 2017
Residents near Rakhine State’s capital are furious after a road-blocking gate erected last month has made it difficult to commute and stands in the...
Flooding in Thaton (Photo: Internet)
July 26, 2017
Heavy rains and overflowing creeks caused flooding in over 16,000 acres of Thaton District farmland, according to the state Agriculture Department...