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June 27, 2018
A Rakhine fisherman was injured after he was wrongfully shot by the Tatmadaw while he was finishing in the river mouth in southern Maungdaw Township...
June 27, 2018
The Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army – Peace Council (KNU/KNLA-PC) destroyed illicit drugs worth over Ks 10 million at their...
Zaw Htay, director general of the President’s Office. Photo: Mizzima
June 27, 2018
The third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference will also focus on minority rights and gender equality, Zaw Htay, director general of the...
June 26, 2018
An average of five people are being killed every day due to the landslides of loose soil which has been disposed by mining companies in the Kachin...
The 21st meeting of the UPDJC secretaries (Photo – Hla Maung Shwe)
June 26, 2018
The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) secretaries have agreed on June 24 to convene the third session of the Union Peace Conference, also...
June 26, 2018
Around 2.5 million viss (around 4 million kg) of salt worth Ks 400 million have been destroyed in the salt warehouses in Pa Nga Village under...
June 26, 2018
The Ei Tu Hta IDP Supporting Committee issued a statement on June 25 to urge the government to address the root causes of displacement before closing...
The workshop on providing financial aids to pregnant women and children under the age of two was held at the Royal Taunggyi Hotel in Taunggyi on June 20
June 26, 2018
The World Bank will provide US$100 million to pregnant women and children under the age of two in the Shan State, according to the Shan State...
June 26, 2018
Local residents will submit a petition to the Shan State government to object to Loi Sam Son Company for raising the electricity price up to Ks 85...
June 25, 2018
UHM Development Co., Ltd has won a tender on June 21 to build an international standard shopping mall (plaza) in the Karen (Kayin) State’s capital...
 The location of the flagstaff that has been cut down (Photo – MNA)
June 25, 2018
A joint team of the Tatmadaw and the Karen Border Guard Forces cleared the New Mon State Party (NMSP)'s outpost near Ka Na Lo Village in the Mon...
Myanmar migrants return to the Kyauklonegyi camp in Myawady on 23 June, 2018.
June 25, 2018
Thai authorities arrested Myanmar migrant workers without valid documents and many of them have reportedly returned through the border at Myawady.