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May 20, 2020
Aung Htein — The returnees left camp life behind because they were facing hardships getting adequate food and accommodation at Zedipyin, and wanted...
May 20, 2020
Hnin Nwe — About 200 houses were destroyed by fire over the weekend in Lekka village, Mrauk-U Township, according to the village administrator and...
May 20, 2020
The body of an 18-year-old man was found in Lashio Township on Sunday, dead from apparent stab wounds. The man was found in the bushes between Hu Mon...
May 20, 2020
Myanmar has made Southeast Asia's largest-ever seizure of synthetic drugs in raids that revealed the "unprecedented" production of opioids in an area...
May 19, 2020
Karen State’s first cases of Covid-19 infections have been confirmed by Myanmar’s Ministry of Health and Sport bringing the country’s total number to...
Kambaiti truck station on China-Burma border in Kachin State.
May 19, 2020
The Kachin State government has ordered civilians not to block trucks transporting tissue culture bananas to China, which continue to travel to and...
May 19, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Police seized more than 1.8 billion kyat (more than US$1.2 million) worth of drugs and weapons in a bust in Muse, northern Shan State...
(File) Foreign military attaches check drugs in a football ground where seized drugs, vehicles, laboratory accessories and precursor chemicals are being displayed to be witnessed by invited military attaches and journalists in Kawnghka at Shan State on March 6, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
May 19, 2020
Myanmar police confirm seizing approximately 18 tons of methamphetamine, unprecedented methyl fentanyl, a range of other drugs, key precursor and pre...
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May 19, 2020
Three Chinese nationals were sentenced to death and executed last week by the authorities in the Wa Self-Administered Region, run the by United Wa...
Photo Credit to MOFA Myanmar : Myanmar migrant workers at Malaysia Airport
May 19, 2020
SENG PHOO — Two Shan State residents currently in quarantine have been tested for COVID-19 after returning from Malaysia on the same flight as...
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May 19, 2020
Locals in northern Shan State’s Tangyan Township are concerned that ongoing coal mining in the area is creating conditions for the collapse of the...
May 18, 2020
Min Tun — May 21 marks the 11-month anniversary of a mobile internet ban imposed on seven Arakan State townships and Paletwa Township, Chin State, on...