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October 15, 2019
U Kyaw Myint, a former administrator of Tein Nyo village under Mrauk U township, was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a murder case...
October 15, 2019
At least 10 villagers including 8 women from Pauk Taw Byin village under Mrauk U township of Arakan have accused the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) of using...
October 15, 2019
The New Mon State Party has established the first Rehabilitation Center in the Dawei to combat illicit drug abuse in Mon State. More centers are to...
October 15, 2019
The Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) leaders have agreed to organize an event on October 28th to mark the 4th Anniversary of the Nationwide...
October 15, 2019
The Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) Chairman Aung Moe Zaw said that Myanmar is facing various crises which can be resolved successfully...
Photo: Video screenshot/Arakan Army from YouTube
October 15, 2019
Corporal Aung Naing, an ethnic Rakhine soldier who defected from the Myanmar military to the rebel Arakan Army, appears in a video released on Oct...
October 15, 2019
The Karen National Union briefed 168 representatives from its departments and 63 Karen civil society organizations at Law Khee Lar (also known as)...
Kentung dialogue on September 17 (Photo – EPRN)
October 15, 2019
The organizations concerned with the peace dialogue between the government and the Northern Alliance will likely hold a meeting in the last week of...
PPST meeting (5/2019) – (photo: NCA-S EAO)
October 15, 2019
General Yawd Serk Interim Team Leader of the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) noted in his opening speech at the PPST meeting held on October 10,...
Arakanese villagers face troubles as firing often breaks out
October 15, 2019
Residents from several villages in northern Rathidaung township of Arakan had fled after heavy firing incidents broke out in their localities...
Hsenwi welcome sign
October 15, 2019
A 20-year-old pregnant woman and her 25-year-old husband were injured when an artillery shell hit Hsenwi town in northern Shan State on Friday...
photo by mmtimes.com
October 15, 2019
Tourists from six countries, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Russia, can now enter Myanmar with no requirement for pre-arranged...