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June 23, 2019
The number of IDPs from six townships in Arakan State has reached about 50,000 following the clashes in northern Arakan State, the Rakhine Ethnics...
June 23, 2019
Three individuals identified by local authorities as “Bengalis” were arrested in the Chin State border town of Rihkhawdar on Tuesday as they tried to...
June 23, 2019
The third time hearing sections for the arrested 24 villagers from Lark Kar village were held simultaneously at the courts of Sittwe and Mrauk –U...
Reps. Eliot Engel. Photo: AFP
June 21, 2019
Bipartisan lawmakers on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee joined forces Thursday to advance legislation adding new sanctions on Myanmar's...
Armed police officers stand guard near Sittwe Court. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
June 21, 2019
Twenty-three villagers from Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Rakhine state were brought to trial Thursday in Sittwe District Court on charges of violating...
June 21, 2019
The majority of internally displaced people in Paletwa town, who fled the latest armed clash between Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar Army’s troops in...
June 21, 2019
The case involves two Kachin youths accused of illegal assembly for a protest aimed at calling attention to the plight of war-displaced civilians...
June 21, 2019
Villagers say a lack of available land is to blame for the problem. Residents of San Pya, a village on the Ledo Road in Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley...
June 21, 2019
Three people have died of H1N1, influenza virus, so far in Myanmar's Yangon region, Dr Thar Tun Kyaw, an official from the Ministry of Health and...
June 21, 2019
Villagers from northern Arakan State have taken shelter in IDP camps following armed conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA in their regions, U...
June 21, 2019
More than 100 Muslim households were provided shelter in Gutapyin village in Buthidaung Township by the government, but they face troubles in their...
June 21, 2019
About 40 people comprised of Arakanese and Kachin migrant workers in Japan staged a protest on Wednesday in front of the Myanmar embassy in Tokyo...