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July 3, 2020
The speaker of the Shan State parliament shot down a question about whether the ethnic Shan language could be added to the sign outside the...
July 3, 2020
Karen State Records 200,000 More Voters Eligible for 2020 Elections – But More Villages Want the Right to Vote Karen State has seen an increase of...
Photo: Talk at International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2020, in Mon State’s Mawlamyine Capital (photo: MNA)
July 2, 2020
June 26 is the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Daw Khine Khine Lei, a member of the Mon State Parliament noted on this...
A Myanmar soldier guards an area at Sittwe airport in Rakhine State on September 20, 2018. Photo: AFP
July 2, 2020
Three Myanmar military officers were found guilty by a court martial investigating atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in conflict-ridden Rakhine...
July 2, 2020
Sexual violence and torture continue to be perpetrated by the military in conflict areas throughout Burma, particularly against ethnic women,...
July 2, 2020
More than 10,000 people from Kyauktan village tract in Rathedaung Township, Rakhine State, have sought refuge in Rathedaung town after being informed...
July 2, 2020
The Karen Ethnic Affair Ministers of Mon State and Yangon Region, both from the National League for Democracy Party (NLD), said they are not...
July 2, 2020
Aung Htein — The military will release three out of five people detained last month in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, and plans to take action...
July 2, 2020
A police sergeant was reportedly stabbed to death by two unidentified men in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on June 29. The victim was identified as...
  Kachin Independence Army in Hpakant township, western Kachin State. File photo
July 1, 2020
The Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) fought in Kachin State on Monday after Kachin forces said that the Tatmadaw entered their...
July 1, 2020
Locals and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have said that they are finding it difficult to work on their farms as Burmese military columns...
July 1, 2020
An artillery shell fired by the Burma Army into Pankyan village in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme Township on Monday, killing a man and injuring a...