Phophtaw News Association
2013-04-03
Many people attended the 10th Ta’ang Literature Conference and Shwe Phe Tea season festival in Mantung Township in northern Shan state.
2013-03-29
Police in Myanmar's western Bago Region trying to prevent attacks on Muslim neighborhoods from spreading to other towns have started 24-hour patrols...
2013-03-27
The US Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Mr. Fredrick Barton attended a press conference in Loikaw for discussions on...
2013-03-12
The initial steps towards the first census in Myanmar in 3 decades will begin on March 30. The process starts with a mock census program that will be...
2013-03-08
Late last year, Myanmar’s Ministry of Education (MOE) and chief of peace negotiator, Railway Minister U Aung Min, approved a reform that allowed for...
2013-03-07
After what was perceived by some peace process observers as a leap in the direction of reconciliation, future discourse between the Kachin...
2013-02-21
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic army groups met with the Myanmar government for political discussions in an official first...
2013-02-14
In recognition of the 1947 Panglong conference, the Myanmar government played host to its various ethnic groups during the Union Day celebrations...
2013-02-09
After years of being in the dark, Myanmar is on the verge of supplying power to several of its more rural areas, courtesy of an interest free loan...
2013-02-07
After facing mounting pressure, both domestically and internationally to allow humanitarian aid to displaced Kachins and Shan affected by the ongoing...
2013-02-07
Personnel changes are shifting the focus of President Thein Sein’s administration, and helping to mold a more diverse political system for the...
2012-12-12
Hundreds of monks monks used the Dec.8 Myanmar’s National Day to express their dissent for the violent actions by police on monks and other civilians...
2012-12-11
Chinese ambassador Li Junhua held a press conference recently at the embassy in Yangon to answers concerns regarding the controversial Lapaduang...
2012-12-10
More fighting between the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Burma army in Northern Shan State is expected, according to TNLA spokesperson...
2012-12-07
Government troops launched an attack on the KIA (Kachin Independence Army) with military helicopters. The attack was carried out in Pannwar Township...