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June 22, 2020
Mon State’s chief minister and others—most members of the National League for Democracy (NLD)—have announced that they will run for re-election in...
June 22, 2020
Internally displaced people (IDPs) in camps in territory controlled by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) in Laiza, on the Kachin-China...
June 22, 2020
SENG PHOO — The Burma Army massacred 56 villagers, including women and children, in 1997 near Sai Hkao and Tat Fa Ho villages, in Kunhing Township,...
June 22, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — The Tatmadaw forcibly recruited five civilians to guide them in northern Shan State, in an area where clashes with the Kachin...
June 22, 2020
SENG PHOO — The chair of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (SNDP) says he’s confident of his party’s success during the upcoming 2020 general...
June 22, 2020
People living in seven villages in the Ye Chaung Phya region, a New Mon State Party controlled area in Ye Township, Mon State will lose their right...
June 22, 2020
Aung Htein — More than 120 organisations called for a halt to military offensives on June 20, commemorated globally as World Refugee Day, demanding...
June 22, 2020
KNG interviewed Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP) Vice-Chair Duwa Gumgrawng Awng Hkam about how his party is getting ready for the 2020 general...
June 22, 2020
A Burmese military base in Muse township in northern Shan State. The Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) have had clashes for four...
June 22, 2020
The Myanmar government should immediately lift all internet restrictions in eight townships in Rakhine and Chin States, Human Rights Watch said. The...
June 20, 2020
Aung Htein — Security personnel are suspected of helping to transport people who recently entered northern Arakan State illegally from Bangladesh,...
June 20, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo—Farmers in Arakan State are expressing concern about their ability to safely grow crops in war-torn parts of the state, as regular...