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February 29, 2020
On February 20, the Lower House debated the Union Election Commission’s (UEC) to change in the UEC’s proposal to stipulate a residency requirement of...
February 29, 2020
RFA journalist Elizabeth Jangma has received a photography award for documenting the life of a woman soldier serving in the Arakan Army (AA). Ms...
Daw  Aung San Suu Kyi’s trip to Karen State (MOI)
February 29, 2020
A public meeting in Karen State, organized by the State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and members of the government appears to be simple 2020...
The closed BGF and Nyaung Ben Gate (Google Map)
February 29, 2020
Border authorities on both sides of Myanmar and Thailand have closed two illegal crossing points linking the Three Pagoda Pass area in Karen State,...
February 29, 2020
After learning about large or mega-project plans to build a deep-seaport, a bridge, an airfield and other related infrastructure on Kalagote island,...
Yangon Region Election Commission Chairman Kyi Myint. Photo: May Yee Nyein Chan
February 29, 2020
Yangon Region Election Commission Chairman Kyi Myint said that they would form election consultation and coordination committees in Yangon Region at...
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the President of Myanmar, Mr. U. Win Myint witnessing the exchange of Agreements between India and Myanmar, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on February 27, 2020. Photo: PM INDIA
February 29, 2020
India and Myanmar exchanged 10 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in various fields including energy, infrastructure, health, transport and...
Tissue Culture Banana Company Demands 120 Million Kyat From Locals
February 29, 2020
A tissue culture banana company is prosecuting seven villagers in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township and demanding 120 million kyat (US$83,000) in...
February 29, 2020
The third Kachin jade emporium, Myitkyina, northern Burma Organizers of Myikyina’s third jade auction say that only around half of the expected...
February 29, 2020
A woman from Kyaung Taung village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township died of a heart attack that her family says was caused by an artillery shell...
February 29, 2020
A Muslim man was killed when he stepped on a landmine on the afternoon of February 26 as he was taking his cattle to graze near the Nyaung Chaung...
February 27, 2020
Fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army broke out in northern Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township on Monday, with explosions being heard in...