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May 27, 2020
A statement issued by Kuki civil society organizations (CSOs) said that armed men shot at a father and son in Homalin Township, Sagaing Region on May...
© AFP Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) departs on the last day of the genocide case against Myanmar at the Peace Palace in The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 December 2019. Photo: EPA
May 27, 2020
Myanmar has submitted its first report to the International Court of Justice on steps it has taken to prevent the alleged genocide of Rohingya...
Photo Credit to Shar Htat Paing – Volunteers Without Borders go to pick up 4 dead bodies in Sipaw Township , killed by unknown gunmen.
May 27, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Ethnic Ta’ang civil society organizations (CSOs) have called for justice for 12 civilians killed this year in unsolved murder cases...
Photo -  New IDP camp, Chipwi township, Kachin State of Northern Burma.
May 27, 2020
Internally displaced Kachin people (IDPs) have moved back to their camp in Chipwi Township after suffering from water shortages and difficulties in...
May 27, 2020
Aung Htein — A ward administrator was stabbed to death by four masked assailants in the Arakan State capital Sittwe on the morning of May 25. U Thein...
May 27, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — The number of Myanmar nationals returning from China to their homes in Arakan State amid the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 3,500...
May 26, 2020
A review of the recent arrests of drug users and dealers by the New Mon State Party’s (NMSP) Thaton District’s force, reveals that over 25% are women...
Photo - Tigyit Coal Fired Power Plant
May 26, 2020
SENG PHOO — Allowing the Tigyit coal-fired power plant in southern Shan State’s Panglaung Township to continue operation would be illegal under the...
May 26, 2020
SENG PHOO — The Burmese government will not return the famed Yawnghwe Palace to the family of the late Sao Shwe Thaik, according to a letter from the...
May 26, 2020
Min Tun — Two villagers from Kan Thit village in Ponnagyun Township were seriously injured by a pair of landmine blasts on May 24, according to U Kan...
May 26, 2020
Ein Soe Pru — Sittwe district court has charged five men from Kyauk Seik village, Ponnargyun Township as well as seven men in absentia, on two counts...
KNU medical screening points
May 26, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — The relationship between ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) and the military remains tense following Burma Army threats and violence...