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October 25, 2013
| Mizzima
Another 30,000 acres of opium poppy fields will be destroyed in four townships of southern Shan State by the end of this year, a police officer with...
October 25, 2013
| KIC
The Karen National Union (KNU) in Southern Burma has suspended a coalmine from operating in the Pawklo area, east of Dawei.
October 25, 2013
| IMNA
The amount allocated by central government for Mon state budget fiscal years 2013-14 falls short of what is actually needed.
October 24, 2013
| Mizzima
The United Nations General Assembly will today begin discussing the report on the human rights situation in Myanmar submitted a month ago by UN...
October 24, 2013
| Mizzima
Officials in Thandwe District of Rakhine State are not providing relief to almost 500 people who fled their homes during communal violence in late...
October 24, 2013
| S.H.A.N
The first Shan to be honored as one of the 533 good educators of Thailand says he hopes he will not be the last Shan to be honored.
October 24, 2013
| Mizzima
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday he would help build international pressure on Myanmar to meet the demands of visiting opposition...
October 24, 2013
| Mizzima
U Myo Aung, Director-General of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Welfare, told Mizzima that it is hard to estimate when the new minimum...
October 24, 2013
| KNG
This week saw a continuation of fighting between government forces and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) brigade 3; battalion (12) and (27), in Mabein...
October 24, 2013
| Phophtaw
Administrators of 45 villages in Chaungzon township, Mon state stand accused of selling government-subsidized phone cards to villagers for their own...
October 23, 2013
| KNG
Last week troops from the Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) armed wing withdrew from two posts in northwestern Shan state's Mabein township...
October 23, 2013
| IMNA
After conducting public opinion polls in Mon state and Tenasserim division the National League for Democracy (NLD) Constitution Amendment executive...
October 23, 2013
| Mizzima
Myanmar will launch a nationwide war against drugs next month, targeting the production and distribution of narcotics, an officer with an anti-drug...
October 23, 2013
| S.H.A.N
A light infantry battalion commander whose unit is based on the notorious Gold Triangle has been locked up following seizure of 7 tons of “Ice” (...
October 23, 2013
| Mizzima
The Myanmar government and the rebel ethnic Kayinni National Progressive Party (KNPP) have vowed to push ahead with the nationwide ceasefire accord,...