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April 2, 2013
Taungup: Two ministers in Arakan state government met the public in Taungup, a town located in the southern part of Arakan state, on Wednesday to...
April 2, 2013
Myanmar’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that plans are afoot to open a trading market in Pan Saung, a town in northern Sagaing Division that...
April 2, 2013
Running a pipeline of natural gas through an active conflict zone is highly dangerous, according to a respected security consultant in the UK.
April 2, 2013
Garbage from Shwe Gas project is damaging the environment of the surrounding area of the project in Arakan, said local residents and environmental...
April 2, 2013
Related to the fatal shooting incident between Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 331 commander and his deputy Tachilek, the commander of the city’s...
March 30, 2013
This week saw the 68th anniversary of the founding of the modern Myanmar military. It was a very sad day for Myanmar. As challenges to the military...
March 29, 2013
Police in Myanmar's western Bago Region trying to prevent attacks on Muslim neighborhoods from spreading to other towns have started 24-hour patrols...
March 29, 2013
As peace talks continue in the Kachin State, the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) has recommended immediate de-mining; no forced...
March 29, 2013
Government authorities have applied pressure to 30 villagers in Cha Khan village who have refused to relocate, to make way for the construction of...
March 29, 2013
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) wrote a letter to U Aung Min, Vice Chairman of Union Peacemaking Working Committee (...
March 29, 2013
The Myanmar Mahar Dana Company called a meeting to discuss with Htilon villagers their plans to build an antimony processing plant near Htilon...
March 29, 2013
Hoteliers and travel agents in Rakhine State say that tourism is booming in the western Rakhine beach resort of Ngapali while further north the...
March 29, 2013
The Department of Border Trade has announced that a meeting to discuss trade between the Bangladesh and Myanmar and the high security fence that...
March 29, 2013
Although there are reasons to be hopeful about Myanmar now, events of the past ten days have cast a dark shadow over the country. The violence...
March 29, 2013
In a televised address to the nation on Thursday at 6 pm local time, Myanmar President Thein Sein said he was saddened by the religious violence that...

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