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March 20, 2020
More than 2,000 locals have fled clashes between the Burma Army and the Arakan Army (AA) in Paletwa Township in southern Chin State and are seeking...
March 20, 2020
The Chin National League for Democracy has urged the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) to sign a ceasefire agreement as soon as possible, days after...
March 20, 2020
The Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC) on March 18 demanded the immediate end to a months-long internet blackout in parts of Arakan and Chin states, in...
March 20, 2020
Min Tun — Temporary housing materials and healthcare are needed for more than 2,200 internally displaced people (IDPs) who fled their home villages...
March 19, 2020
Two Rohingya refugees were killed in a reported gunfight between a gang of robbers and Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members at Teknaf in...
March 19, 2020
The Maungdaw fire brigade has issued a restriction to town residents of Block Two not to cook in the morning during the university entrance...
Photo by SHAN/ Myanmar – Thai Tachileik gate
March 19, 2020
More than 530 Chinese citizens are stuck in Tachileik, eastern Shan State, which borders the Thai town of Mae Sai in Chiang Rai Province, for having...
Photo Credit to ဢူးၸၢၼ်ႇဝိၼ်းမွင်ႇ- ႁၢင်ႈႁူဝ်ႉဢၼ်တပ်ႉသိုၵ်းမႃး လွမ်ႉႁႄႉတၢင်းၵူၼ်းဝၢၼ်ႈၵႂႃႇမႃး
March 19, 2020
A Burma Army officer has opened a criminal case against four villagers and a headman in southern Shan State’s Hsihseng Township, alleging that they...
March 19, 2020
In relation to an airstrike on a village that left 21 people dead in Paletwa, Chin State MP U Hwet Tin has said that the village was attacked as “...
Photo -The landmine blast victim from Ye Phyu Township (MNA)
March 19, 2020
The Deputy Speaker of Mon State Hluttaw, Dr. Aung Naing Oo condemned those who laid landmines in Ye Phyu Township, the Tanintharyi region which has...
Ye Ni, of The Irrawaddy, is facing charges under Myanmar's Telecommunication Law Section 66(d) over the outlet's reporting on conflict in Rakhine State. Photo: Ye Ni/Facebook
March 19, 2020
The Myanmar military should immediately drop its criminal defamation complaint against editor Ye Ni and stop using legal threats to stifle reporting...
Kachin State People's Party's signboard at their office in Myitkyina. Photo: KSPP/Facebook
March 19, 2020
Local political parties in Kachin state have been working together to strengthen the prospects of their candidates beating those from the ruling...