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May 15, 2020
Several civilians were killed by artillery shells that landed on Kyauk Seik village in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, on April 13. Photos and...
May 15, 2020
Myanmar authorities should drop the terrorism charges against editor Khaing Mrat Kyaw and stop threatening journalists covering the Arakan Army, the...
May 15, 2020
A Karen political group said the Tatmadaw's decision to exclude Rakhine and Chin states in a recent unilateral ceasefire was a strategic decision to...
May 14, 2020
Cha Lu Aung — A teacher, an official of a village administration department and another man in Maungdaw Township were charged under sections 50(a)...
Map of Mong Jet village Lashio Township by SHRF
May 14, 2020
Sai YordKham — After defeating a militia group in northern Shan State, the Tatmadaw sent in reinforcement troops and used civilians as forced labour...
Photo by Muse Youth
May 13, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Nearly 1,000 migrant workers who returned to Muse, northern Shan State from China are currently struggling to find food and...
Photo Credit to Muse Youth.
May 13, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — A bomb went off at a toll gate in Muse town at around 8:30 p.m. on Monday in northern Shan State, on the China border. An eyewitness...
May 13, 2020
Sai YordKham — The Shan National Dialogue (ND), which was scheduled to convene last month in southern Shan State’s Langkhur Township has been put on...
May 13, 2020
Rice supplies are about run out in Tein Nyo IDP Camp, Mrauk Oo Township, it has been reported. The camp population currently stands at 3,250 yet...
(File) United Nations Security Council meeting. Photo: EPA
May 13, 2020
The UN Security Council will hold a video conference to discuss the escalation of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state and the effect of the...
May 13, 2020
If there is no rain in Mon State in the next two weeks, existing wells and reservoir sites will be completely dry, locals and water distributors told...
Photo - Gen. Gunhtang Gam Shawng, Chief of Staff of KIO’s armed wing Kachin Independence Army, visited to the Covid-19 quarantine center in its de fecto capital Laiza, last month in Kachin State, northern Burma.
May 13, 2020
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) replied to and acknowledged the Burmese government’s official letter announcing the formation of a COVID-...