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Refugees in Namhkam Town
March 31, 2015
Thousands of residents have fled their homes in ethnic Ta’ang (Paloung) villages in the mountain ranges near Namhkam Township, Northern Shan State,...
Map of the Bangladesh-Burma Border
March 31, 2015
The Arakan Army (AA) and the Burma Army fought on the border of Arakan and Chin Sates on 29 March at 00:30am, the first time they have clashed in the...
IPI Yangon World Congress Website
March 31, 2015
Several Burmese media organisations boycotted the 65th International Press Institute’s World Congress, which was held in Yangon for the first time...
Lashio Town Gate
March 30, 2015
A group of people attacked the headquarters of the government’s Northeastern Infantry Division in Lashio, Northern Shan State with Rocket Propelled...
Checkpoint on the Road to Monglar
March 27, 2015
Government authorities have banned any goods from Kyaington, Mongyawng, Mongyu and Mongyang townships entering the Mongla area, in Special Region 4,...
March 27, 2015
Seven Burmese migrant workers were killed in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand when the Toyota Hilux pickup they were in was hit by a train during heavy...
March 26, 2015
The seventh meeting to agree the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) between the government’s Union-Level Peace Working Committee (...
Myanmar Jet Fighter
March 26, 2015
Government jet fighters have been flying close to the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) headquarters in the Wan Hine area of...
March 25, 2015
Over 100 people are missing and rescue teams have recovered 23 bodies after a coastal ferry sank at the mouth of the Naung-Daw-Gyi River off the...
Burma Rivers Watch Press Conference
March 25, 2015
Burma Rivers Watch rejected all dam construction in Shan State at a press conference held at Classic Hall in Taunggyi City, Shan State on 13 March.
March 25, 2015
On Sunday morning just days after an unprecedented meeting in Naypyidaw last week between senior representatives of the Kachin Independence...
U Than Htike Thu and U Sun Moe Tun in a Police Van
March 25, 2015
The editor and the news editor of the Yangon based Myanmar Post Journal were sentenced to two months imprisonment under section 500 of the defamation...