News
October 17, 2014
| Phophtaw
An all women political party led by Mon women and based in Mon State submitted their registration to the Union Electoral Commission (UEC) in...
October 17, 2014
| Translated by BNI
Chin State authorities have banned the Laizo (Chin) language newspaper Falam Post from publishing as of 16th October.
October 17, 2014
| Narinjara
This year four towns in Arakan State have been connected to the Burmese national power grid and by the end of they year another seven towns will have...
October 17, 2014
| S.H.A.N
One of the Burma army units stationed in Wan Warp tract, Ke See township fired over 20 mortar shells into a village on October 13th 2014, causing the...
October 17, 2014
| KIC
Representatives from civil society groups, religious leaders and villages in the Tanitharyi Division have sent a petition letter to both the...
October 17, 2014
| KNG
Villagers living in Ginsi Hkaw (also Kanzi Hall), Awng Ba Li (also Aung Bar Lay) and Tang Gau, three villages in Kachin state's jade rich Hpakant...
October 17, 2014
| Mizzima
Ma Phyu Hnin Htwe, a member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions, was released by the Yinmarbin District court on October 15 after...
October 17, 2014
| Mizzima
Myanmar media professionals say they plan to set up their own media watchdog to monitor the work of their peers to make sure they adhere to ethical...
October 17, 2014
| Mizzima
Leading Japanese vehicle maker Toyota is still dominating Myanmar’s growing automobile market with a 53 percent share compared with top-notch Korean...
October 17, 2014
| Mizzima
Myanmar and Thailand see promise in planned special border economic zones. Trucks loaded with goods at Myawaddy border trade zone, Kayin State. Photo...
October 17, 2014
| Mizzima
The secretary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy U Sai Nyunt Lwin has voiced his concern that the planned 2015 general election could be...
October 17, 2014
| Mizzima
Figures issued by Myanmar’s anti-human trafficking task force for the first nine months of this year indicate the cross-border slave trade remains a...
October 16, 2014
| Translated by BNI
A Tatmadaw (Burmese Army) frontline commander has been trying to buy guns so that he can pass them off to his superiors as captured weapons to avoid...
October 16, 2014
| Translated by BNI
IMNA has learnt that four inhabitants from Hkawza sub-township, who were kidnapped by an unidentified armed group, were released on 13th October...
October 16, 2014
| Narinjara
In September President U Thein Sein said that the forthcoming 2015 general election might have to be delayed if the on-going peace process has not...