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 The body of U Thein Maung was brought to Rathedaung hospital. Photo: Kane Thar (Soe Thein)
April 9, 2020
A 57-year-old man was killed by a landmine on the evening of April 5 in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, while he was looking for his buffaloes. U...
Photo Credit to Chiang Rai News
April 9, 2020
SENG PHOO — Nearly 200 migrant workers were permitted to return to Burma from Thailand on Monday, even though the border between the two countries...
April 9, 2020
While the world copes with the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) has reported that the Burma Army opened fire...
The statement of Salween Peace Park (Copy)
April 9, 2020
On the evening of March 31, a villager from Htee Baw Kee, was killed by a Tatmadaw troop. Saw Thet Mee was on his way back from a food and household...
People walk around the Thet Kel Pyin internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State. Photo: EPA
April 9, 2020
About 8,700 civilians displaced by ongoing armed conflict in Rakhine state and living outdoors require emergency shelter before the onset of the...
April 9, 2020
The Chin State government is building 150 huts for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the town of Sami in Paletwa Township in an effort to...
Arakan State IDPs fret as unseasonal rains expected
April 9, 2020
Myat Swe — An unseasonal weather forecast is causing concern for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State, where more than 150,000 people...
April 9, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — Nearly 2,300 people sheltering at the Nyaung Chaung IDP camp in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township are in need of water supplies and...
April 7, 2020
While cleaning a monastery in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township on Friday, monks uncovered a grenade in the facilities. The discovery occurred...
Three Pagoda Pass Town entrance checkpoint from Thai border (MNA)
April 7, 2020
As part of the COVID-19 control measures, all returnees from Thailand entering Myanmar through the Three Pagoda Pass, in Karen State at the Thai-...
State Counsellor discusses COVID-19 measures of Bago Region through video conferencing. (Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office)
April 7, 2020
Oak Hmu Zaw — State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said in a Facebook post posted on April 5 that 6.3 million masks would be distributed for people in...
April 7, 2020
Burma News International (BNI) issued a letter on the 2 April 2020 regarding recent charges against media organisations using the anti-terrorism law...