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December 29, 2025
Each polling station in Myawaddy has fewer than 1,000 voters
December 28, 2025
Election Day marred by gunfire and artillery blasts in Katha
December 28, 2025
Kale Town experiences unusually quiet election day
Shan Herald Agency for News
December 20, 2019
More Landmine Explosions Cause Fatalities, Injuries in Namhs...
A series of landmines exploded in Namhsan Township in northern Shan State this week, causing both casualties and injuries. “Landmines exploded at...
Narinjara
December 20, 2019
Three people, including a woman, killed in central Arakan
Three people including a 48 years old woman named Khin Mar Yee at Kan Hton Gyi sub-town under Meabon township were killed Yesterday evening, said...
Mizzima
Driver Aung Kyaw Myo (right). Photo: Mizzima
December 20, 2019
‘Victoria’ rape case charges dismissed
A court in Myanmar on Wednesday dismissed charges against a nursery school bus driver accused of raping a toddler, AP reported. Aung Kyaw Myo was...
Mizzima
December 20, 2019
Villagers call for compensation for Namjim Industrial Zone l...
Villagers in Myanmar’s Kachin state are calling for compensation for farmland lost to a Chinese-backed development project, for which authorities...
Mizzima
December 20, 2019
Villagers call for compensation for Namjim Industrial Zone l...
Villagers in Myanmar’s Kachin state are calling for compensation for farmland lost to a Chinese-backed development project, for which authorities...
Mizzima
December 20, 2019
Prostitution law - the root of discrimination and exploitati...
Chuqiao Chen — The Sex worker community and NGOs have desperately called for amendments to Myanmar’s 70-year-old antiquated prostitution law. Under...
Khonumthung News
December 20, 2019
Paletwa Curfew Interfering With High School Education Initia...
Education department officers in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township say they are concerned that the ongoing curfew in the area will contribute to...
Khonumthung News
December 20, 2019
Dozens More Villagers Flee to Paletwa Town to Escape Armed C...
Some 40 villagers from the communities of Kyaung Chaung and Thaphan Chaung in Paletwa Township sought refuge in Paletwa town on Tuesday, due to fears...
Kaladan Press
Alethankyaw still smouldering on September 7, 2017 ( photo by Jonathan Head, BBC )
December 19, 2019
Rohingya victims demand OECD investigate Telenor’s complicit...
December 16, Rohingya victims of Burma’s genocidal operations in Maungdaw, Arakan State, filed an official complaint to the Organization for Economic...
Kantarawaddy Times
December 19, 2019
Karenni Network Voices Support For ICJ Case Against Burma
The Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) released a statement on Monday supporting the case brought by Gambia against the Burmese state at the...
Kantarawaddy Times
December 19, 2019
‘No Improvement to Farmers’ Rights’ Under NLD Govt, Network...
Farmers in ethnic states across Burma are facing increasing abuses of their rights to land and livelihood by the government in recent years, farmers...
Narinjara
December 18, 2019
Village administrator, woman killed in encounter
A 42 years old village administrator named U Nyan Thien was killed by a column of Myanmar security forces while a 30 years old rural woman named Daw...