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March 24, 2020
In Myanmar, limited groundwater resources must be used wisely to safeguard the livelihoods of thousands during the climate crisis. As we mark World...
Residents buying food at a market in the town of Myitkyina, Kachin State. Photo: AFP
March 23, 2020
UNICEF recently joined a meeting in Kachin State aimed at helping the local government and health services to screen and respond to any suspected...
Forest in Yedashe Township, Taungoo District, Myanmar. Photo: Myanmar REDD+ Programme
March 23, 2020
Thibaut Bara — Myanmar is the second country in the world most affected by climate change since the beginning of the 21st century. Deforestation rate...
Chin National Front (CNF) chairman Pu Zin Cung delivering address at CNF Congress held at GHQ. Photo: GHQ Chinland/Facebook
March 23, 2020
Oak Hmu Zaw — Chin National Front (CNF) issued a 7-point press statement after convening their 7th Congress in which they warned the Arakan Army (AA...
The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot, Thailand. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPA
March 21, 2020
Myanmar's Foreign Affairs Ministry announced a temporary suspension of entry of foreign nationals through border checkpoints from Thursday to prevent...
March 20, 2020
Myanmar authorities seized a large number of narcotic drugs and controlled chemicals in Shan state, according to a release from the Central Committee...
Ye Ni, of The Irrawaddy, is facing charges under Myanmar's Telecommunication Law Section 66(d) over the outlet's reporting on conflict in Rakhine State. Photo: Ye Ni/Facebook
March 19, 2020
The Myanmar military should immediately drop its criminal defamation complaint against editor Ye Ni and stop using legal threats to stifle reporting...
Kachin State People's Party's signboard at their office in Myitkyina. Photo: KSPP/Facebook
March 19, 2020
Local political parties in Kachin state have been working together to strengthen the prospects of their candidates beating those from the ruling...
Myanmar migrant fishermen unload fish from Thai fishing boats at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: EPA
March 18, 2020
Suu Myat May Zaw — The Bangkok based Myanmar embassy issued a press release on March 16 which urges Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand not to go...
March 16, 2020
Myanmar embassy consul general office (Chiang Mai) a issued press statement dated March 13 which says that Thai government informed them that the...
Myanmar women wearing hats and headscarfs line up as they plant paddy seedlings to grow rice crop at a farm in Ma-ubin township of Ayeyarwaddy region, Myanmar. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
March 16, 2020
President Office spokesman Zaw Htay has said that Myanmar has enough food despite the fears over the coronavirus. Myanmar is one of the few countries...
A Myanmar family sits on the remains of their house in Bogolay, the Irrawaddy Delta, 14 May 2008. Photo: EPA
March 16, 2020
The study of the oceans is crucial for countries such as India and Myanmar because it helps governments to predict and manage responses to climatic...