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Hsipaw Township Sign
May 7, 2015
An unknown ethnic force attacked a government battalion based in Hsipaw Township, Northern Shan State for about an hour on 4 May.
May 6, 2015
The Moulmein (Mawlamyine) art exhibition is currently being held for the first time in the capital of Mon State.
The seized trucks
May 6, 2015
A joint youth operation in Muse township has seized at least six Chinese trucks illegally transporting silica rock into China, according to a local...
May 6, 2015
About 150 residents unhappy that naturally silted up lakes between Takhun-Tai and Wet-Tae villages in Mudon Township, Mon State were being sold off...
May 6, 2015
A paper released last week by Burma Link and Burma Partnership claims the voices of refugees are ignored in Burma’s reforms. The joint paper, Voices...
May 6, 2015
The Australian Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation’s (SMEC) cancelled its plans to hold a public meeting to discuss the Mong Ton mega-dam on the...
May 6, 2015
On 3 May the Burma Army’s public relations department banned Burmese media organisations from reporting on the activities of the Myanmar National...
May 1, 2015
Members of the National, People’s and State parliaments recently met with war refugees at Sapar Seik Village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State when...
U.S. Diplomats Visiting Kuang Jor Refugee Camp
April 30, 2015
The U.S. Consulate General Mr. Michael Heath and a team from Thailand visited Kuang Jor Refugee Camp in Piang Luang Village in the district of Wiang...
Aid Supplies being Unloaded from a Boat at Sapa Seik Village
April 30, 2015
Villagers from Welgyi Chaung and Linsin Yoarthit villages in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, were arrested and tortured by the Burma Army according...
TNLA Roadblock
April 30, 2015
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) temporarily took control of the Muse to Kutkai section of the Union Road that runs from Mandalay to Lashio...
Sittwe Group Delivers Aid to Refugees
April 30, 2015
A Temporary Assistance Committee for Refugees Affected by War formed by Sittwe Township community based organisations delivered donations to war...