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Members of parliament cast their votes during the Assembly of the Union (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) at the parliament building in Nay Pyi Taw on 11 March 2020. Photo: Than Htike Aung/Mizzima
March 12, 2020
Myanmar’s parliament rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to...
Photo: Arakan Army
March 12, 2020
The Arakan Army (AA) has captured 30 government soldiers, including a battalion commander, near Paletwa township in Chin state during heavy fighting...
Three people walk along a road in Buthidaung township, Rakhine State. Photo: Richard Sargent/AFP
March 11, 2020
Myanmar police said the army had filed a lawsuit against Reuters and a local lawmaker for criminal defamation, weeks after the military objected to a...
Government representatives and the representatives of (NCA-S EAO) hold the bilateral coordination meeting at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon yesterday. Photo: MNA
March 10, 2020
Government representatives and the representatives of (NCA-S EAO) held a bilateral coordination meeting at National Reconciliation and Peace Centre...
Border between Rikhawdar and Zokhuthar. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
March 10, 2020
The Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) has asked the state government to seal the Mizoram-Myanmar border to prevent the spread of coronavirus...
A general view of the copper mine in Sarlingyi township in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 8, 2020
Than Htike Aung — House of Nationalities (upper house) MP from Sagaing Region constituency (5) Ye Htut asked a question in parliament if there is any...
March 8, 2020
A Chin woman was serious injured by an exploding artillery shell in a village in Rakhine State, according to a press release of the Chin Human Rights...
Rakhine ethnic elderly women who fled from an area struck by conflict between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army, sort small mussels at the Yan Aung Myay temporary camps in Buthidaung township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
March 8, 2020
International rights group Human Rights Watch this week warned about a worsening humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State. A surge in fighting in Myanmar...
A bird's eye view at dusk, of Aizawl city, the capital of Mizoram India. Photo: EPA
March 6, 2020
In a growing indication of interest in Northeast India and bordering areas with Myanmar, Ambassadors of ASEAN countries based in New Delhi are...
Employees work at a garment factory in Shwe Pyi Thar, Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 6, 2020
Chan Nyein — The Federation of Trade Unions and trade union activists demanded the government check the authenticity of claims from the garment...
March 5, 2020
The United Wa State Army, will hold voting in four townships of its self-administered region for the first time when general elections are held later...
(File) Rakhine ethnic people, who fled from conflict areas, gather at the Dam Mar Yar Ma Monastery temporary camp in Dyi NyaWaddy Ward, Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, 29 December 2019. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
March 5, 2020
Fighting in war-torn Rakhine state on Thursday drove residents and students from villages in Mrauk-U township, RFA reported. Clashes ensued in the...