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September 19, 2020
Tun Khaing and Shin Min Zan — A young woman from Nyaung Kan village under Myebon township in Rakhine State remains unconscious for nearly ten days...
September 19, 2020
Hnin Nwe — The Chin State government is preparing to take action against 41 people in Paletwa Township, including internally displaced people (IDPs...
September 18, 2020
A letter signed by officials from 24 political parties calls on the Union Election Commission (UEC) to postpone the 2020 General Election due to the...
September 18, 2020
The election is unlikely to be held in nine village-tracts in Paletwa Township in Chin State, said U Soe Htet, Chin State Development Affairs...
September 18, 2020
China has imposed lockdowns in the towns of Ruili and Jiegao, on the border with Shan State, after two Burmese migrants recently tested positive for...
September 18, 2020
Dway El Khu — Kayah candidates have urged the Kayah ethnic people to surround only the local parties in the 2020 election. Khoon Myint Naing, a...
September 17, 2020
Arakan Election Monitoring Group said it plans to provide special monitoring of 500 polling booths in the election scheduled for November 8, said U...
September 17, 2020
Shan refugees from the war in five IDP camps and one refugee camp along the Thai-Myanmar border will all be denied voting rights in the election as...
September 17, 2020
The ALD will implement three major policies—support for a federal system, ethnic equality and self-determination. U Myo Kyaw, Spokesperson of the ALD...
September 17, 2020
A six-year-old boy was injured when an artillery shell hit a village in Rathedaung Township in Rakhine State on Friday. The shell was allegedly fired...
September 17, 2020
Restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have made it difficult to launch election campaigns in Burma, representatives of ethnic political...
September 17, 2020
Sai Pawnli — With Burma’s November general election nearing, it remains unclear how or if the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan...