Representatives of 17 ethnic rebels attending a conference in Laiza, Kachin State, officially signed an agreement on Saturday, in which they conditionally supported a government-proposed nationwide ceasefire agreement. Only one group, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), did not sign. Na...

All villages in Mandalay are expected to get access to electricity by 2022-2023, U Zarni Aung, Mandalay Regional Minister for Electricity, Energy and Construction, said at the press conference on Regional Government’s efforts on reform in second year in the office held at MCDC meeting room. So f...

Ye Township, the last area of Mon State that does not get regular electrical service, will be connected to a private electric grid by November 2018. The Mon Chief Minister, Dr. Aye Zan, announced the timetable at a meeting with Ye Township residents on Friday. Yesterday’s meeting was attended by...

The government needs to create situations for ethnic armed groups that haven’t signed nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) yet to build a future federal democracy state which is desired by the government, army and ethnic armed groups, according to emergency meeting of Karen National Union (KNU) Cent...

In Pakistan, enterprising Afghan refugee women are stepping forward to support their families, learn skills and run small businesses.

Over six decades of civil war in Eastern Burma, civilians fled en masse over the border to Thailand in search of basic necessities – physical security, food, medicine. But now, glimmers of hope are shining through back home. A nationwide ceasefire process is underway, and the government has signe...

LOIKAW — The Kayan people, who live in southern Shan State and Karenni State, are one of Burma’s smallest ethnic minorities and one of its poorest. Their villages in the isolated, hilly interior of eastern Burma are affected by decades of conflict and often lack basic education facilities. But Kayan...

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than attended an opening ceremony of Myawady-Wawlay concrete road constructed by Ministry of Construction Department Road, Kawkareik District, Kayin State held at a pandal on the road section yesterday morning. The ceremony was attended by Union Minister fo...

The Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw, Mahn Win Khaing Than, who is in Myawady District, Kayin State, visited Hteemae Wakhee Village, Lay Kay Kaw Myothit yesterday and met with local residents. The Speaker gave a speech where he said he is using the time during the parliamentary recess to go around ...

The Amyotha Hluttaw passed the bill amending the Telecommunications Law as revised by the Bill Committee on Wednesday but took no action on calls to abolish the controversial section 66(d), said Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than. The committee’s revisions included making charges brought under section ...