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October 23, 2017
The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) announced October 21 that it was setting up Nine Private Sector Task...
Myanmar soldiers arrive at Buthidaung jetty in Myanmar's Rakhine State on August 29, 2017. Photo: AFP
October 21, 2017
The Asia Foundation has carried out a year-long study that analyzes roots and patterns of armed conflict in Myanmar, development trends in conflict-...
Myanmar Police Force (Mon State) station (Photo – MNA)
October 20, 2017
Robberies and traffic accidents are the most frequent crimes committed in Mon State so far this year, according to Mon State law enforcement...
The sixth meeting of the Peace Commission and the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) (Photo – NRPC)
October 20, 2017
Government peace negotiators and representatives for ethnic armed groups will hold their seventh official meeting in Yangon on October 23, according...
Drugs and weapons seized by the PSLF/TNLA (Photo - PSLF/TNLA News & Information Department)
October 20, 2017
The Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) busted a huge drug run worth almost K4 billion that was reportedly...
October 19, 2017
The Shan State government launched a month-long interfaith peace prayer event in the state capital on October 17.
Shan community leader and anti-coal advocate Sai Awn,aka Sai Hsi Khur
October 19, 2017
The 2017 Thusandi Youth Leadership Award has been given to late Shan anti-coal activist Sai Awn, the award committee announced.
Mon State Hluttaw (Photo/Internet)
October 19, 2017
A Mon State Hluttaw official has been demoted and transferred to another state after he was caught demanding bribes from junior-level officials,...
Photojournalists Min Zayar Oo (L) and Hkun Lat (C) pose for a photograph next to Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi during the ninth Yangon Photo Festival at the Institut Francais de Birmanie School in Yangon, Myanmar, 11 March 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
October 18, 2017
Two Myanmar photographers who were detained while reporting on the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh were allowed to fly home on Tuesday, their...
October 17, 2017
A effort to compile Myanmar's first dictionary for English, Myanmar, Sgaw Kayin, Western Pwo Kayin, and Eastern Pwo Kayin languages is underway, the...
October 17, 2017
Eleven villages in northern Ye township, Mon State are set receive electricity within this year, according to a local resident.
Group photo of representatives at 2nd anniversary of NCA signing (Photo: KNU)
October 17, 2017
The second anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was held on 15 October 2017 in Naypyitaw at the Myanmar International Convention...