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A warplane flew over the KIO headquarters’ sky on Jan. 7, 2020.
January 10, 2020
A fighter jet believed to belong to the Burma Army flew over the Kachin Independence Organization/Army’s (KIO/A) headquarters in Laiza on the Burma-...
January 10, 2020
A national-level policy discussion on the resettlement of Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) and the closure of IDP camps were held in...
January 10, 2020
The Burma Army fired multiple artillery shells at the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) military training camp in Hsenwi Township in northern Shan...
To promote the role of youth, Mrauk-U Youth Association (MUYA) was founded on December 15, 2015. (Photo - MUYA)
January 9, 2020
Young people in Mrauk-U district have rejected an offer of the Arakan State Youth Affairs Committee to join its district committee because they do...
Kachin Manau Park, Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State
January 9, 2020
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will reportedly attend the 72nd Kachin State Day celebration this week after the event recently came under fire for...
Teachers at an educational workshop held at No. 1 High School in Maungdaw. (Photo - Pyan Hlwar)
January 9, 2020
The Myanmar Teachers’ Federation says it won’t assist in the upcoming 2020 election if the government does not backtrack on plans to increase the...
Seng Nu Pan (left) and Paw Lu
January 9, 2020
Two Kachin youth activists working with Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been chosen as recipients of the Freedom of Expression Award...
Photo : Aung Myat Thu
January 8, 2020
Aung Myat Thu — The Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) leader Gen. Yawd Serk said that they would try to hold the fourth meeting of 21st Century...
Myanmar soldiers march during a parade commemorating the 74th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2019. Photo: EPA
January 8, 2020
Myanmar’s military has filed nearly 50 lawsuits against critical journalists, individuals, and organizations it has accused of defamation during the...
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees enter Bangladesh from Budichong, Myanmar through the Palongkhali border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 09 October 2017, after crossing the Naf river. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA
January 8, 2020
Sai Wansai — Myanmar holds the dubious distinction of coming in fourth in a list of five countries in the world that drove the most people into exile...
January 8, 2020
One woman was injured and several houses were damaged amid a hail of bullets and artillery fire near Mahar Muni village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan...
January 8, 2020
The Kyauktaw Agricultural Science Institute will reopen on January 13, after closing its doors temporarily due to recent small arms and artillery...