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January 27, 2016
Townships across Mon and Karen States and the Tenasserim Region are preparing for the upcoming 69th Mon National Day on 24 February.
January 26, 2016
Machar Hazac (age 55) was arrested in possession of 97,500 yaba (amphetamine) tablets in Maungdaw, western Arakan State on 21 January, according to...
January 26, 2016
A village administrator from Minbya in Arakan State serving three years in prison for alleged links to the Arakan Army was released on 22 January as...
January 26, 2016
Two Arakanese men, Hsan Win Tun and Kyaw Soe Moe, aka Arno, were arrested by Burma Army personnel in Sittwe Central Market on 22 January and taken to...
January 25, 2016
Three newly elected Mon State Hluttaw (parliament) members met civil society organisation (CSOs) representatives on 21 January to improve...
January 25, 2016
The Electricity Ministry tested the new electricity grid on Bilu Kyun Island and the lines that supply the power from nearby Moulmein on the mainland...
January 25, 2016
Following recent calls for their own state the Red Shan of northern Burma announced that they have formed an armed group called the Shanni...
January 25, 2016
Four youths have been arrested in Arakan State on suspicion of being involved in insurgent activities.
January 25, 2016
An ancient inscribed stone tablet was discovered in Ann Township, central Arakan State, by a monk who was digging a well at a monastery in Ruu...
January 22, 2016
A prominent Arakanese student leader faces prosecution for his part in protest demonstrations against education laws in March 2014.
January 21, 2016
A campaign to make Mon National Day an official public holiday has been spearheaded by the annual event’s organizing committee and members of the Mon...
January 21, 2016
Mi Jalon Htaw, 41, won the local election in Tarana Village Tract in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State to become one of the only female village tract...
