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January 20, 2020
Myanmar border authority has resettled 29 members out of 155 boat people, who were detained by the country’s navy personnel in Andaman Sea during...
January 20, 2020
Four bodies with bullet injuries were recovered at Minbya under Mrauk U district of Arakan in western Myanmar, said May Lwan village tract...
A view of the entrance of the Myitsone dam project near Myitsone area in Myitkyina, Kachin State. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 20, 2020
Many Myanmar people have a pessimistic view and negative opinions on Chinese projects in Myanmar such as Myitsone dam project and Letpadaung copper...
China sides with Myanmar in ICJ "genocide" case at the Hague. Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the ICJ in The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 December 2019. Photo: Koen Van Weel/EPA
January 20, 2020
Various commentators have offered up mixed views on the historic visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Myanmar but one message that comes through...
January 20, 2020
Residents of Tharyar Kone village in southern Maungdaw Township say they remain powerless, in a literal sense, after paying to have the village...
Photo - Ko Kyaw Min Khaing
January 20, 2020
Thirty-three people who had been pinned down by fighting at a village in Arakan State’s northern Rathedaung Township for five days were rescued on...
Photo - Daw Htoot May
January 20, 2020
Refugees who recently arrived at Ann town in Arakan State have had difficulty finding shelter and are in need of government assistance, according to...
January 20, 2020
A fishing boat was hit by a ship in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township, killing four people aboard the smaller vessel and leaving one person missing,...
January 20, 2020
Maungdaw District administrator U Soe Aung says authorities have accepted 29 out of 155 Muslims at the Hla Poe Kaung repatriation camp under the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar. (Photo : MOI)
January 20, 2020
The Arakan Army (AA) released a statement ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Myanmar on January 17-18, saying the ethnic armed group...
January 20, 2020
Khin Thayaphy Oo — ocals have urged KBZ Bank to reopen its branch in the town of Mrauk-U, Arakan State, as its closure 10 months ago has forced them...
January 18, 2020
The Mon Unity Party (MUP) has announced that it will run in Burma’s general elections this year in at least 12 townships in Mon and Karen states and...