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Photo by – UWSA/
January 9, 2019
Villagers walked for up to three days to safety in neighboring Langkhur. Around 70 villagers from the Loi Pangpi mountain range in southern Shan...
Photo by – A Hsipaw villager
January 9, 2019
Afraid of further clashes, the displaced are seeking shelter in Hsipaw Township monasteries. As tension persists between ethnic Shan armed...
The IrrawaddyAA Brig-Gen Tun Myat Naing attends a peace conference for ethnic armed groups in Kachin State in July 2016. / The Irrawaddy
January 9, 2019
The January 4 deadly early morning raids of the four police outposts by the Arakan Army (AA) that inflicted heavy causality to the police forces,...
Passengers are stranded at Chitose Airport in Chitose city, Hokkaido. Photo: EPA
January 8, 2019
The first nursing care workers from Myanmar to participate in Japan's foreign trainee program arrived at Hokkaido airport today amid expectations...
January 8, 2019
Survey work for the Sino-Myanmar railway and soil testing is now being conducted by China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co. Ltd. The new railway...
January 8, 2019
Just as the the Military or Tatmadaw’s peace initiative in the form of unilateral ceasefire covering five military commands seems to be going down...
January 8, 2019
Clashes between rival armed groups in northern Shan State continues in 2019. Fighting between ethnic armed groups on New Year’s Eve that affected...
January 8, 2019
The Committee of Shan State Unity (CSSU) requested for rival Shan armed groups to meet to seek an immediate solution to settle differences in Shan...
January 8, 2019
UN says rival fighting in northern Shan State to blame for increase of displaced civilians. Fighting between armed groups in Myanmar’s restive...
Myanmar President Win Myint. Photo: President Office
January 7, 2019
Myanmar President Win Myint called for peace and stability amongst the races in a speech on the 71st Independence Day in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday. In...
January 7, 2019
Projects proposed on land considered fallow by the government’s new law worry residents of Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region. Locals are concerned after...
January 7, 2019
For the first time ever, Karen New Year in Mon State will be a state-level affair. Respect for our “culture and tradition” and for other ethnic...