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March 12, 2020
Chit Ee Hlaing — It is reported that two youths from Ain Tin village, Ponnarkyun were arrested by members of the police and army at the checkpoint on...
March 12, 2020
Ni Min Tun — The Tatmadaw has brought charges against a member of the national parliament under Article 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Law. The...
March 12, 2020
Saw Tha Boe, a Karen environmental activist who was sued and charged with defamation against the State by Hpa-An Township court says he will fight...
The Myitkyina demonstration led by KNC show their rejections on the voting rights of internal migrant workers in Kachin State on Mar. 9, 2020.
March 12, 2020
The Kachin National Congress (KNC) gathered in protest on Monday against an amendment of the election bylaw allowing guest domestic workers voting...
March 12, 2020
With the Indian rupee dropping, money traders on the Burma-India border in Chin State have been put out of work. “All exporters have stopped doing...
March 12, 2020
Khaing Roe La — One woman was killed and a man was injured when gunfire showered Long Shay village, Kyauktaw Township, on the morning of March 10,...
March 12, 2020
Win Nyunt — Two men detained by the Tatmadaw over the weekend in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township were released at about 9 a.m. on March 10. A...
March 11, 2020
A Kachin political party called an amendment of an election bylaw that allows domestic migrant workers the right to vote in Kachin State...
March 11, 2020
Negotiations at a recent Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) have resulted in positive steps towards reaching agreements with the...
March 11, 2020
In the late afternoon of February 29, 2020, a local villager from what is known locally as the Ka Lae village, Yar Phu village track, Yebyu Township...
Three people walk along a road in Buthidaung township, Rakhine State. Photo: Richard Sargent/AFP
March 11, 2020
Myanmar police said the army had filed a lawsuit against Reuters and a local lawmaker for criminal defamation, weeks after the military objected to a...
March 11, 2020
Hnin Nwe — A clash occurred between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) near Phar Pyo village in Minbya Township, Arakan State, at about 5 p.m. on...