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Residents make their way along a flooded street in Hpa-An Township in Kayin State, Myanmar, 02 August 2018. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
August 15, 2018
Police in Paung, Mon State, evacuated the fishing community in Ahlyat Village in Paung Township as high tide destroyed their homes yesterday, state...
August 15, 2018
An embankment dam burst in Kala Bar Taung Village of Taung Yin Group under Kyaukpyu Township, Rakhine State at around 11 am on August 13.
August 14, 2018
Karen leaders in the Irrawaddy Region ignored warnings and threats from Burmese authorities trying to stop Karen people commemorating the annual...
August 14, 2018
The first congress of the Arakan Peasant Union is being held in Sittwe with the aim to establish a stronger peasant union and work for farmers’...
August 14, 2018
Local authorities are planning to charge five organizers of the 68th Karen Martyrs’ Day ceremony under the Ward and Village Tract Administration Law...
August 14, 2018
Although the Tatmadaw and the Northern Alliance had originally agreed to meet within these days, the meeting has been postponed, an ethnic leader...
Mee Mee from 88-Generation Peace and Open Society. (Photo: Nang Nge/Facebook)
August 14, 2018
Mee Mee from 88-Generation Peace and Open Society died yesterday in a car accident after attending a funeral.
August 14, 2018
The number of armed incidents increased slightly in July compared to June since 27 armed clashes and two incidents involving handmade mines took...
August 13, 2018
Four Kachin political parties have approved the name ‘Kachin State Party’ and the flag and emblem for the new party on August 11 as they reach the...
August 13, 2018
The Mon state government will provide a bushel of paddy seeds per acre for the farmlands that have been affected by the flood in the Mon State.
Students learning Karen literature in the Ayeyarwady Region (Photo – Sa Ai Khant Shu)
August 10, 2018
A total of 123,696 students are learning Karen (Kayin) literature in government schools in the Ayeyarwady Region in the 2018-2019 academic year,...
August 10, 2018
The public is still unable to obtain the rights they have demanded since the Tatmadaw is above the administrative sector in Myanmar, the All Burma...