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November 30, 2017
A Rakhine State politician is seeking to reassert local control over natural resources and in a hluttaw proposal this week suggested politicians be...
November 30, 2017
Beset by increasing numbers of vendors and visitors — and mounting piles of trash — the Kyaikhto Pagoda Board of Trustees is badly in need of some...
November 29, 2017
In the latest turmoil to strike the Arakan National Party (ANP), chair U Aye Maung submitted his resignation this week, prompting the central...
November 29, 2017
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) is demanding the Tatmadaw release nine residents of Hopong township, including a 12-year-old boy, all of whom...
The Mon State Chief Minister and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) leaders seen during their informal meeting (Photo – MNA)
November 29, 2017
The Mon State chief minister and the New Mon State Party informally discussed the government’s hallmark peace deal at a meeting earlier this week as...
November 29, 2017
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has called for the dropping of criminal charges against nine farmers, including a 12-year-old boy, from Ho...
November 29, 2017
A two-day Inter-Regional Media Interaction Programme between Myanmar and India began on November 27 at Imphal, capital of India's Manipur state...
November 28, 2017
A Shan State ethnic armed group will hold long-awaited political talks in January before another landmark peace conference is convened, officials...
November 28, 2017
What are the laws that underpin a federal Union? What are the legal precedents for a federal constitution? These questions and more formed the basis...
November 28, 2017
The planned remodeling of Mongpawn Palace – the home of one of Myanmar’s independence martyrs – has yet to make much headway due to a lack of funds.
November 28, 2017
On 21 November, the 55th memorial anniversary service of the death of the first president of the Union of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaik was held in...
November 28, 2017
State Counsellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre gave a welcoming speech at the 6th Joint...