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A bird's eye view at dusk, of Aizawl city, the capital of Mizoram India. Photo: EPA
March 6, 2020
In a growing indication of interest in Northeast India and bordering areas with Myanmar, Ambassadors of ASEAN countries based in New Delhi are...
Employees work at a garment factory in Shwe Pyi Thar, Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 6, 2020
Chan Nyein — The Federation of Trade Unions and trade union activists demanded the government check the authenticity of claims from the garment...
March 6, 2020
Both the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army can undertake a landmine removal program after the KIA signs the Nationwide Ceasefire...
March 6, 2020
Villagers in Waingmaw Township have demanded higher compensation rates for trees cut down in their community forest to make way for a power line...
March 6, 2020
An artillery shell blast in Kyauktaw Township’s Shwe Pyi village on March 2 seriously wounded a woman there, according to the victim’s family. Daw Ni...
March 6, 2020
Arrangements have been made to allow 54 students sheltering in Buthidaung town’s IDP camps to sit for matriculation exams this year, according to...
Hpa-an, Mwalamyine, Myawaddy spot on Myanmar’s map | SHAN
March 5, 2020
According to The Global New Light of Myanmar and Myanmar Ahlin the towns of Mawlamyine in Mon State, and Hpa-An and Myawaddy in Karen State along the...
March 5, 2020
Fighting is creating obstacles for motorists in southern Shan State. After the Burma Army (Tatmadaw) put up roadblocks closing the road from Kehsi to...
Photos by Mong Kung villager
March 5, 2020
Government’s soldiers searched the homes of villagers displaced from fighting in southern Shan State. Villagers from Koong Nyawng Hpahsa fled...
March 5, 2020
Thant Myat Khaing and Chit Ee Hlaing One person suspected of contracting Coronavirus is currently in quarantine in Sittwe General Hospital, Rakhine...
March 5, 2020
At least 21 houses of Kyauk Tan village under Rathidaung township were burnt down in the incidents of shelling attacks on 1 March. A village woman,...
March 5, 2020
The number of internally displaced persons (IDP) in Arakan (Rakhine) State has reached 128435, said a report published by Rakhine Ethnic Congress (...