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December 17, 2025
Telecom scams trigger concerns over bank account security
December 17, 2025
12 million in Myanmar at risk of acute hunger in 2026, warns...
December 17, 2025
Chin groups condemn Mrauk-U hospital attack by Myanmar junta...
Development Media Group
August 13, 2020
Sittwe IDP students in need of healthcare as illnesses take...
Outbreaks of influenza, diarrhoea and other illnesses have been reported at some camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State as the...
Development Media Group
August 13, 2020
Six candidates to run for Arakanese ethnic affairs minister...
Khin Tharaphy Oo — Six candidates have registered to run for Yangon Region’s Arakanese ethnic affairs minister post in the 2020 general election,...
Development Media Group
August 13, 2020
Mrauk-U Twsp man dies in military custody
Aung Htein — A resident of Pazun Phay village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township has died in military custody, according to family members of the man...
Narinjara
August 13, 2020
Ten villages abandoned after shelling in northern Rathedaung
Residents in 10 villages have reportedly been forced to flee their villages due to a military offensive in the northern part of Rathedaung Township...
Narinjara
August 13, 2020
Body of man who died in Tatmadaw Battalion 377 detention tra...
Tun Khaing — The body of a man who reportedly died while being detained by Mrauk-Oo based Battalion 377 was handed over to police at Mrauk-Oo Police...
Shan Herald Agency for News
August 13, 2020
Govt Announces Plan to Seize and Redistribute 1,000 Acres in...
Sai YordKham — The Kesi Township land management department has announced that they will seize more than 1,000 acres of land and allocate it for use...
Network Media Group
August 12, 2020
More than 13,000 People File Requests to Be Added to Mon Sta...
More than 13,000 people have applied to have their names added to the voter list in Mon State, the state’s election commission has announced. More...
Network Media Group
August 12, 2020
Hpakant Flooding Linked to Mining Practices, Locals Say
With at least five wards in Kachin State’s jade-rich Hpakant area flooded after heavy rains, locals say that the impact has been made worse by...
Khonumthung News
August 12, 2020
Thousands of Paletwa Residents ‘Have No Rice’
The continued blocking of transportation routes into the southern Chin State town of Paletwa has created ongoing food insecurity, locals say. Ferry...
Shan Herald Agency for News
August 12, 2020
What Is the UPC Without the Arakan Army?
The government has issued an official announcement that the fourth round of the Union Peace Conference (UPC) will commence on August 19, and they...
August 12, 2020
Two options for voters with disabilities in Kachin State
A voting plan has been created for the voters with disabilities in the upcoming election, to ensure that they will not be deprived of their voting...
August 12, 2020
EAOs in northern Shan State give the green-light to election...
Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) in the northern Shan State said they will allow the parties to organize canvassing campaigns and the voters to cast...