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October 11, 2016
The Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT) said, in a 6 October statement, that civil war and conflicts have worsened public health and as a result...
The cable car project at Mount Kyaiktiyo currently under construction (Photo: MNA)
October 11, 2016
A cable car service will begin its operation at Mount Kyaiktiyo, in March, 2017, to create easier access to the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, in Kyaikhto Town,...
October 11, 2016
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has issued a statement saying that despite ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) best efforts successive...
Nai Htet Lwin (left) and Nai Ngwe Thein (right) of MNP (Photo: MNA)
October 11, 2016
Mon National Party (MNP) Chairman Nai Ngwe Thein submitted his resignation letter to the party chairing committee and secretarial group, under the...
Burma Army launches air strikes against KIA positions
October 10, 2016
The Burma Army launched its most intense air strikes to date in the area of the Kachin Independence Organisation’s (KIO) headquarters on 7 October.
A Chinese truck on the road from Myitkyina to Chipwe to Hsawlaw
October 10, 2016
Residents of northern Kachin State have said that though they face restrictions on transporting rice, cooking oil, salt and other household...
October 10, 2016
Government troops have recently increased security at the entrance to Three Pagodas Pass (TPP) Town, on the Thai-Burma border along the highway of...
October 10, 2016
The Chin Youth Network issued a statement on 4 October demanding that the Burma Army immediately halts all of its offensives in ethnic areas,...
Kachin people hold placards reading 'For a more peaceful day, war is not the way.' and 'Stop civil war in Kachin State' during a protest held to show opposition to the conflict between the Myanmar Army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin State, in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, 3 October 2016. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
October 10, 2016
Air strikes, artillery offensives, thousands of civilians fleeing their homes. This is what's been happening over the last few weeks in northern...
October 10, 2016
Burma and Thai officials have agreed to extend the permit of stay from one day to seven days for people traveling with their temporary border pass...
MI24 Burma Army helicopter gunship firing rockets in a Kachin State offensive Decmeber 2012 (Photo: FBR)
October 10, 2016
The Free Burma Rangers, a frontline humanitarian organization, released a report detailing the recent use of jet fighters by the Burma Army against...
October 10, 2016
At least ten villagers were taken captive by Burmese government forces during clashes with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (...