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August 23, 2019
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh told UNHCR they would not go back to Burma until their demands were met, when officials distributed leaflets about...
August 22, 2019
The government has granted permission to non-local people to mine for amber in Tanai, Kachin State home to people displaced by conflict, according to...
Namgut villagers near Kutkai, northern Shan State, Burma, Aug. 18, 2019
August 22, 2019
Clashes are ongoing between the Burma Army and members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, with the number of...
August 22, 2019
A woman and a girl endured injuries after stepping on a landmine in the forest in Mong Peng Township, eastern Shan State, while gathering food. Nang...
August 22, 2019
A police convoy was attacked in Rakhine State’s Ponnagyun Township on Tuesday, killing one police officer and injuring four others. Although Col Win...
Myanmar Tatmadaw delegation led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Russia Space System, Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. Photo: seniorgeneralminaunghlaing.com.mm
August 22, 2019
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev met Myanmar's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing on Monday in Moscow, with the...
Photo – Pyithu Hluttaw (facebook)
August 22, 2019
Hpasawng parliamentarian has said she is unsatisfied with a minister’s answer to her question in the legislature about whether dangerous sections of...
A woman browsing the internet at an internet cafe in Yangon. Photo: AFP
August 22, 2019
Telenor Myanmar and Plan International have partnered to launch a nationwide Digital Literacy, Online Safety and Resilience Project, telecompaper...
August 22, 2019
An artillery shell landed on a house in Minbya town on the night of 19 August, one man was killed and a woman was injured. The incident occurred at...
August 22, 2019
The head of Kyauktaw Township police was stabbed on the evening of 19 August, he received severe injuries and was treated at Sittwe General Hospital...
August 22, 2019
The number of IDP in Arakan State who have been by the fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA has reached over 61,000, the Rakhine Ethnics Congress...
August 22, 2019
Maungdaw border trade in northern Arakan State is open but traders from Myanmar and Bangladesh are facing difficulties due to the entry ban between...