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January 22, 2020
Khaing Roe La — Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army has plagued Arakan State for more than a year, raising questions as to whether the...
January 22, 2020
Aung Kyi Moe (Thin Bone Dan) — In Myanmar, it is necessary to have equality and self-determination for the different ethnic races to live peacefully...
January 22, 2020
A 7-year-old Muslim girl sustained a gunshot wound at around 4 a.m. on January 20 at Sin Thay Pyin village in Buthidaung Township, her family members...
January 22, 2020
One man was shot dead and another was arrested in Mrauk-U during an incident at a Tatmadaw checkpoint on the morning of January 19, according to...
President Xi Jinping of China and his counterpart in Myanmar, Win Myint, during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on Friday.Credit…Ann Wang/Reuters
January 21, 2020
Sai Wansai — China’s President Xi Jinping’s two-day Myanmar visit from 17 to 18 is remarkable in a sense of heightening bilateral relationship...
January 21, 2020
Leaders from ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) signatory to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have announced that they will invite non-...
January 21, 2020
At least nine people including three children were injured in mine explosions that took place in two separate locations of Arakan State in western...
January 21, 2020
A middle-aged individual from Burma proper was shot dead by the security forces in the morning hours of 19 January. The victim is identified as Htay...
Kratom plantation owner, Nai Sone Thein, was arrested, on January 10 (photo: Dra Gon)
January 21, 2020
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) forces destroyed over 300 kratom plants seized at Ngat Pyaw Taw and Sate Kalay villages in Kyarinseikkyi Township,...
Photo - Arakan Army
January 21, 2020
Arakan Army spokesperson Khaing Thukha told DMG that his group is arranging to soon release two Tatmadaw soldiers in its custody as a show of the...
January 20, 2020
Even though list of military personnel eligible to vote has not yet been compiled for the upcoming 2020 election, already there are more than 1.7...
A man holds new edition of 1,000 Myanmar Kyats banknotes featuring portrait of late General Aung San outside the Myanmar Economic Bank in Yangon, Myanmar, 07 January 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 20, 2020
The US dollar has been sliding against the Kyat in the local currency market, with the exchange rate touching a low of K1,480-1,484 per dollar on 15...