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July 11, 2020
Khaing Roe La - Arakan Oil Watch (AOW) issued a report on July 8 calling on international oil corporations to suspend their projects in western...
July 11, 2020
About 400 odd-job workers are facing financial hardship after the Arakan State government suspended operations at a border trade camp in the capital...
July 11, 2020
A 66-year-old man from Nga Tauk Tu Chay village in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, who was severely injured when he stepped on a landmine on July...
July 11, 2020
Following the horrific accident last week at the Hpakant jade mines, environmentalists and residents of Hpakant Township want operations in old...
July 10, 2020
Tensions are high between the Burma Army, the United State Wa Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army/Eastern Shan State (NDAA/ESS),...
July 9, 2020
SENG PHOO — Unidentified perpetrators destroyed corn farms in Hsihseng Township—in the Pa-O Self-Administered Region of southern Shan State—for two...
July 9, 2020
SENG PHOO — Shan political parties have reported a range of challenges surrounding Burma’s 2020 election, which is set to occur amid the ongoing...
July 8, 2020
Kaing Lu Hla (Yoe Ma Myay) — After nine people from Kattha Pyay village in Kyaukphyu were arrested by a Tatmadaw patrol on June 26, two have been...
July 8, 2020
Myat Swe — Continuous rain in Arakan State led to flooding at Yatchaung IDP camp in Myebon Township and evacuated IDPs, according to officials of the...
July 7, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — The Burma Army sent more troops into northern Shan State’s Kutkai Township raising concerns among locals for their security. Locals...
July 7, 2020
The Chin State government will sell plots of land from the Hakha Urban Project to residents of Hakha Township by lucky draw. “We started selling land...
July 7, 2020
The Chin State government says it will accept all the Chin citizens living in Mizoram State in India if they return home through the appropriate...