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Irregular bank cash withdrawals disrupt rubber trading opera...
December 18, 2025
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Kachin News Group
December 23, 2019
Gov’t, Northern Alliance Discussed Release of Detainees: Sou...
Representatives of the Burmese government and the four-member Northern Alliance discussed the possibility of releasing detainees held by both sides...
Kachin News Group
A joint press conference of KBC and Nippon at KBC office in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State on Dec. 21, 2019.
December 23, 2019
KHCC Prepares for Return of More than 3,000 Kachin IDPs
The Kachin Humanitarian Concern Committee (KHCC) is preparing to resettle a total of more than 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from 10...
Kachin News Group
Dr. Manam Tu Ja of KSPP leader (left) and Bawk Ja of UNFDP leader (right) at office of Kachin Nationals Consultative Assembly in Myitkyina on Dec. 20, 2019.
December 23, 2019
Another Kachin Political Party Merges with KSPP
The Union Nationalities Federal Democracy Party (UNFDP), a political party based in Kachin State, merged with the Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP)...
Development Media Group
Soldiers from the Arakan Army / Photo - AA
December 23, 2019
War-affected area might widen in Arakan State, AA says
Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army may intensify in Arakan State and the conflict zone could widen, the AA said in a statement...
Development Media Group
December 23, 2019
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi questions militancy as negotiating tact...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi used a recent speech to ask whether it was necessary for non-state armed groups to continue to hold arms and...
Development Media Group
The Tatmadaw said its troops also seized a photo from U Kyaw Aye Maung as evidence, which it said showed him taking part in a military parade in front of Arakan Army leader Maj-Gen Twan Mrat Naing.
December 23, 2019
Slain village administrator wasn’t AA-affiliated, family say...
A village administrator in Arakan State’s Minbya Township, accused by the Tatmadaw of being an Arakan Army (AA) cadre and found dead earlier this...
Mizzima
December 23, 2019
Arakan State farmers face difficult harvest due to fighting
Though the harvest season is upon farmers in Arakan State, a local from Minbya Township says many are struggling to reap their paddy with fighting...
Network Media Group
December 22, 2019
Infant Dies of Exposure after Villagers Flee Fighting
A five-month-old infant died in northern Shan State’s Lashio Township on Tuesday as cold temperatures take their toll on local villagers forced to...
Narinjara
December 22, 2019
Bodies of two young Chin people recovered at Ann
Two bodies of young Chin people were recovered with serious bullet-injuries at a location near to Gan Gaw Myint village under Ann Township, where the...
Mizzima
December 22, 2019
Mothers call on army to let their two forcibly-conscripted c...
Parents have called on the army to let their two ethnic Kayan children from Hsi Hseing and Pekon Townships in southern Shan State who were forcibly...
Mizzima
December 22, 2019
Myanmar has only achieved 50% electrification, according to...
Myanmar has achieved 50 percent of nationwide electrification in December, according to a release from Myanmar State Counsellor Office on Friday...
Mizzima
Kangyidaunk Hua Hmong garment workers. Photo: Myo Min Tun for Mizzima
December 22, 2019
Kangyidaunk Hua Hmong garment factory trilateral talk fails
The planned trilateral negotiations at Hua Hmong garment factory in Ayeyarwady Region, Kangyidaunk Township, among labour leaders, employer and the...