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Kachin News Group
April 19, 2019
Burma Army and KIA Clash in Northern Shan State
Fighting has broken out at three locations, according to sources in the area. Residents of Muse Township in northern Shan State have reported heavy...
Kachin News Group
April 19, 2019
Gurkha Doctors Provide Healthcare to Kachin IDPs
The doctors offered medical assistance to residents of three camps over the Thingyan holidays. While many in Burma were relaxing or splashing water...
Khonumthung News
April 18, 2019
More Tourists Visit Rih Lake during Water Festival
The number of domestic and international visitors to Chin State’s heart-shaped Rih Lake rose noticeably during this year’s water festival, according...
Network Media Group
April 18, 2019
Gov’t Sends Second-tier Officials to Attend UWSA Anniversary...
No top-level government or military leaders will be in attendance as the United Wa State Army marks 30 years of existence. Representatives of Burma’s...
Network Media Group
April 18, 2019
UWSA Leader Vows to Continue Armed for Wa Autonomy
“Until we reach our goal, we will hold a democracy flag in one hand and a weapons flag in the other,” said Pao Youxiang, commander of Burma’s largest...
Khonumthung News
April 18, 2019
Australian Embassy Resumes Interviews for Chin Refugees in I...
The Australian embassy in India has resumed interviews of Chin refugees in the country in the wake of a recent announcement by the UN refugee agency...
Khonumthung News
April 18, 2019
5,000 Expected to Join Protest over Matupi District Office
Nearly 5,000 people are expected to turn up for a protest tomorrow over a long-simmering dispute about the proposed location of the new Matupi...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Photo : RFA
April 18, 2019
The founding of UWSA 30th anniversary and Bao Youxiang’s Wa...
As expected the state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing were not present at the United Wa State Army/Party (UWSA/UWSP...
Mizzima
Major General Tun Myat Naing (C), commander in chief of the Arakan Army who is currently fighting with Myanmar military in Rakhine State, attends the ceremony held to mark the 30th anniversary of Wa State in Panghsang, also called Pang Kham of autonomous Wa region, north-eastern Myanmar, 17 April 2019. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
April 18, 2019
ARSA is not a high calibre army, says AA Maj. Gen. Tun Myat...
Maj. Gen. Tun Myat Naing from Arakan Army (AA) said on April 17 that Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) was not the high calibre military. He was...
Mizzima
(FILE) - Reuters journalists Wa Lone (3-L) and Kyaw Soe Oo (2-R) gesture as they prepare to leave the Insein township court in a van, in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 September 2018. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
April 18, 2019
Reuters reporters awarded Pulitzer
Two Reuters reporters have been awarded one of journalism's most prestigious prizes, CNN reported. On Monday in New York the Pulitzer Center handed...
Mizzima
April 18, 2019
NSCN-K demand release of leaders
The National Socialist Council of Nagaland Khaplang (NSCN-K) has demanded release of their leaders by the Myanmar government to be able to carry out...
Khonumthung News
April 18, 2019
More than 2,600 Displaced by Paletwa Clashes
Figures released by a local volunteer group show that recent clashes between the Burmese army and the Arakan Army (AA) have displaced more than 2,600...