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September 18, 2019
A 20-year-old offender, who was arrested with the suspicion of linking to Arakan Army (AA), has been hospitalized in Sittwe general hospital on...
September 18, 2019
A meeting between the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) and representatives of the four ethnic armed groups KIO, MNTJP, PSLF and ULA...
September 17, 2019
In the early morning of September 15th, a drug user slashed a 95-year-old man’s throat with a sword and left others injured in Kyaung village, in...
 Photo: Lynn Boo Bo/EPA
September 17, 2019
People drive and ride around a busy road at Myawaddy town, Karen State. Political parties, civil society organizations, and residents of Myawaddy...
September 17, 2019
As the fighting between Myanmar security forces and Arakan Army (AA) members intensified after three days of encounters, the Myanmar Tamadaw today...
Photo by – Hla Maung Shwe/  NCA EAO’s meeting, Yangon 10/9/2019
September 16, 2019
Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) spokesperson Col Sai Nguen recently spoke to SHAN reporter Sai Yawd Kham about talks between signatories to...
September 16, 2019
The Mon State government’s education department has appointed an additional 398 ethnic-language instructors to work as teaching assistants (TAs) in...
September 16, 2019
Local people living in areas that would be affected by proposed hydropower dams on the Namtu/Myitnge River in northern Shan State protested on...
September 16, 2019
Many were really surprised when they heard of the Tatmadaw’s withdrawal of lawsuit on Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) Chairman Reverent Dr Hkalam...
September 16, 2019
Hundreds of locals and members of civil society organizations protested a meeting organized by the International Financial Corporation (IFC) in the...
September 16, 2019
Heavy weapons were fired on Friday in Namhsan town as forces from the Burma Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) engaged in a battle...
September 16, 2019
Burma’s Union Deputy Minister of Education U Win Maw Kun has confirmed that the government plans to build an arts and sciences college in southern...