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April 17, 2020
The Burma Army attacked troops from the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) on Sunday while a team of RCSS medics carried out COVID-19 awareness...
April 17, 2020
Two bombs exploded on Sunday night in the Shan-China border town of Muse. No one was injured, but locals say they are concerned about what the bomb...
April 17, 2020
NMG spoke with Ko Khine Myo Tun, a human rights activist from Sittwe who visited Kyauk Seik, which was recently shelled by the Burma Army. Many...
An armed policeman walks by the gate near Taungpyo Bangladesh-Myanmar border entrance in Maungdaw district, Rakhine State of western Myanmar. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
April 17, 2020
Myanmar announced restrictions on border crossing through Myanmar-Bangladesh border gates starting from April 14 to prevent the spread of Covid-19 (...
April 17, 2020
Checking of health conditions and taking personal bio data is taking place on all people entering Naypyitaw. Checks are taking place at entry and...
April 17, 2020
State Counsellor and Chairperson of the National-Level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
April 17, 2020
Four parliamentarians from Chin State’s Teddim and Tonzang townships have demanded that the government set up an emergency response committee to...
April 17, 2020
Khonumthung News recently interviewed Chin National Front (CNF) spokesperson Salai Htet Ni, who is also the organization’s Joint General Secretary 2...
April 17, 2020
Few Myanmar journalists enter the profession with the expectation that it offers a path to riches. On the contrary, most understand that they are far...
April 15, 2020
Artillery shells fired by the Burma Army killed at least eight civilians and injured eight more in a village in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine State, on...
Photo: CJ
April 15, 2020
Naung Naung — Rakhine State legislative assembly legislator Aung Than Tin from Ponnagyun constituency said that artillery fire hit Kyauk Seik village...
April 15, 2020
Soe Htike Aung — A group of men headed into jungle after loading the foods such as rice, cooking oil, water, and one and half inches thick twisted-...