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January 30, 2019
Armed clashes in January 2019 between troops from the Karen National Liberation Army and Burma Army soldiers in Northern Papun District of Karen...
January 30, 2019
The Karen State Social Welfare Department announced the Myanmar government will give support to pregnant mothers and their children (under two)...
January 30, 2019
Mon State elected 466 new ward/village tract administrators last year. However, five administrators from across four townships now face legal action...
January 30, 2019
Mon State Government’s 100-day traffic safety enforcement project, the Linn Yone Project, has led to cases of injustice and has had negative impacts...
January 29, 2019
The Union-level Ministry of Ethnic Affairs has donated 3.5 million Kyats for the 72nd annual celebration of Mon National Day (Central), which will...
Photo by – RCSS/
January 29, 2019
SHAN speaks with an RCSS/SSA spokesperson about a recent meeting with Sun Guoxiang. China’s Special Envoy on Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang met with a...
A file photo of an Arakan Army unit from the group’s Facebook page.
January 29, 2019
Myanmar soldiers and Arakan Army troops exchanged fire for four hours Monday morning near Ohn Chaung village in Rakhine state’s Rathedaung township,...
Mangshi, Dehong, Yunnan, China. Map: Google
January 28, 2019
A new direct flight linking the border city of Mangshi, in southwest China’s Yunnan Province to Mandalay of Myanmar will be launched at the end of...
January 28, 2019
The 70th anniversary celebration of Indian Republic Day was held at India House, in Rose Road, between 62nd and 63rd Street, Mandalay today at 10 a.m...
Photo by – Kyaukme villager
January 28, 2019
The air and water quality has been affected over the last 10 years, villagers say. After more than 10 years of coal mining in northern Shan State’s...
Photo by – hsenpai / petition letter
January 28, 2019
The petition from villagers in See Thao tract follows one from Ner Makhaw earlier in January. More than 3,000 people now internally displaced (IDPs)...
January 25, 2019
It is expected representatives from all Karen armed organizations will join the activities for the 70th Karen Revolution Day on January 31 in the...