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December 17, 2025
KIO denies reports of secret rare-earth mining deal with Ind...
December 17, 2025
Mrauk-U Hospital bombing deepens healthcare crisis for Araka...
December 16, 2025
As fighting approaches Kyaukphyu, flight ticket prices to Ya...
Shan Herald Agency for News
January 14, 2019
Thousands Sign Petition Urging RCSS, SSPP to End Clashes
Members of the Shan community sent the letter to armed groups, urging them to meet for talks. More than 4,000 ethnic Shan people have signed a...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Photo by – Lun Sai/ Refugee in Namtu
January 14, 2019
With Dangers at Home, Northern Shan State Youth Increasingly...
Citing clashes, tension between armed groups, and the presence of landmines, young people from Namtu Township are becoming laborers in China. Locals...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Photo by – Langkhur Youth/ Mongpan refugee
January 14, 2019
‘We Left Because of Fear’: Mongpan IDP Speaks
A villager describes being caught in the tension between armed groups in southern Shan State, and seeking refuge elsewhere before fighting reignites...
Mizzima
Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C-L), 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo (C-R), 28, sit in the police truck as they leave the court after the verdict has postponed at Insein township court, Yangon, Myanmar, 27 August 2018. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
January 14, 2019
PEN says court decision on Reuters journalists ‘a travesty o...
NGO PEN America has expressed its alarm over the High Court decision to uphold the conviction of the seven-year prison sentences of the two Myanmar...
Mizzima
January 14, 2019
Rakhine State government bans NGO visits to conflict areas
A Myanmar border guard police officer mans his station at the Goke Pi police outpost, in Buthidaung Township, northern Rakhine State, western Myanmar...
Network Media Group
January 14, 2019
Govt Peace Commission, EAOs to Hold Informal Meetings in Tha...
The RCSS and KNPP will meet a Burmese government delegation for informal talks. The Burmese government’s Peace Commission and a selection of ethnic...
Shan Herald Agency for News
January 11, 2019
Two Children Die From Diphtheria in Shan State
An estimated 15 have been affected by the highly contagious—and preventable—disease. Diphtheria has claimed two children and affected an estimated 15...
Mizzima
January 10, 2019
Rakhine political parties to meet to discuss AA attacks
A Rakhine political party said Wednesday that it will hold a meeting in Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe to discuss a warning by a central government...
Mizzima
IDPs camp in Rakhine State. Photo: Aye Chan Khaing/Mizzima
January 10, 2019
Expenses for Rakhine IDPs will be taken from State Disaster...
Rakhine State government municipal minister Win Myint said that some money from the Rakhine State Disaster Management Fund would be spent on...
Mizzima
Lisu ethnic women take a selfie during celebrations of the New Year Countdown in Yangon, Myanmar, 31 December 2018. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 10, 2019
First ‘Myanmar Ethnics Culture Fest’ to be held in Yangon
Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs’ Association (MEEA) is organizing a Myanmar Ethnic Culture Fest in Kyaikkasan Ground, Yangon from 25 to 30 January,...
Network Media Group
January 9, 2019
Three More Landmines Explode in Tanintharyi
The NMSP alleges that the mines have been planted to create fear and instability in Yephyu Township. Three landmines went off on Monday in Yephyu...
Network Media Group
January 9, 2019
Over 200 villagers march to demand the abolishment of Hkakha...
Over 200 local villagers organized a protest at the peak of Waiphi Mountain in Pannandin township, northern Kachin State, on December 21, 2018,...