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June 28, 2016
Khun Kya Bu The Memoirs of Khun Kya Bu of Hsipaw Signatory to the Panglong Agreement. Foreword These memoirs, originally in Burmese, took a period of...
Miss Universe in Chin State - showing off the fabrics. Photo: Moe Sat Wine/Facebook
June 1, 2016
Twenty-eight-year-old Cing Zeel Niang was born in Chin State but left home at an early age to attend boarding school in Pyin Oo Lwin and later...
Sao Mae, third from left, at the award ceremony in Colorado with her and Sao Kya Seng’s two daughters, Sao Kennari, far left, and Sao Mayari, second from left (Photo courtesy of Sai Awn Murng)
October 9, 2015
Last Thursday the Colorado School of Mines posthumously conferred on Sao Kya Seng, the last Saophalong (ruling prince) of the Shan State of Hsipaw,...
August 24, 2015
Naw Wahkushee is a member of the Karen Women’s Organization. In the following open letter, she highlights what she claims is a serious problem facing...
U Tin Aye, Chairman of the Union Electoral Commission (UEC), speaks during a press conference in Yangon on 22 July, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
July 24, 2015
U Tin Aye, Chairman of the Union Electoral Commission (UEC), told members of the press on 22 July that it is unlikely that areas with conflict will...
July 22, 2015
Transparency a major concern in maintaining Inlay Lake A change in Myanmar’s second largest lake was noticed by 35-year-old fisherman, Ko Yan Naing...
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