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February 22, 2020
In Burma drug laws punish users and growers rather than helping them rehabilitate or find alternatives to growing opium, according to the Drug Policy...
February 22, 2020
Khaing Lu Hla (Yoe Ma Mye) — A Muslim youth from Paung Toke village under Mrauk Oo township of Rakhine was murdered on Tuesday night and subsequently...
February 22, 2020
Aung Linn Tun — Approximately 50 people from Thamee Hla (New Village), Rathedaung, have left their homes due to fighting and have come to seek safety...
February 22, 2020
Arakan State in western Myanmar has lost 25 civilians to explosions of landmines and remaining shells in the battlefield from November 2018 to...
February 22, 2020
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that loyalty, integrity and solemnity of ethnic Chin people encouraged the building of federal...
February 22, 2020
The peace process will be successful if there’s a democratic policy all the armed forces follow under a civilian-led government, said a Chin National...
February 22, 2020
Win Nyunt — With fighting flaring between Set Khaw and Manaung villages in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, on Wednesday evening, inhabitants of...
February 22, 2020
Wuntha (Maungdaw) — Nearly 800 people recently displaced from their homes and seeking refuge in Buthidaung town have arrived to find the IDP camps...
February 21, 2020
Maw Pray Myar, the second Secretary of Karenni National Women Association (KNWO), says the numbers who are abused human rights are getting higher in...
February 21, 2020
The Wanpang People’s Militia Force (PMF) is trying to start a coal mining project in Laikha Township in southern Shan State, locals told SHAN. Khu...
A policeman awaits traffic to direct in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Photo: AFP
February 21, 2020
Myanmar is set to be placed on a watchlist by a global finance watchdog this week, amid concerns of money-laundering by transnational drug...
February 21, 2020
A member of the Mon State parliament accused the state government of implementing projects without calling for tender, as is required by law. The...