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October 14, 2020
A total of 291 candidates from 17 political parties and 11 independent candidates have registered to run for 45 seats in Mon State. The following is...
October 14, 2020
Political parties and lawmakers have called on the Union Election Commission (UEC) to urgently announce the lists of excluded townships in Arakan...
October 14, 2020
The regional government lifted a ‘stay at home order’ in Sanmyo ward and re-opened the Tarhan market in Kalay town, located in Sagaing Region, this...
October 14, 2020
Thirteen Chin youth organizations are calling for legal action against officials who ordered a young Chin woman to be hastily buried on a lonely...
October 14, 2020
Two members of the KNU/KNLA-PC were arrested and detained for drug distribution by the NMSP in Karen State, Kawkareik township, near the Min Ywa...
October 14, 2020
Banyar Sai — Drug trafficking has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic. In response the Mon Area Community Development Organization (MACDO), based...
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October 14, 2020
Khami National Development Party (KNDP) spokesman and central committee member Aung Aung said that they had to contest the 2020 general elections to...
October 14, 2020
Min Tun — The United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) has urged an end to hostilities in Arakan and Shan states, and the coalition of ethnic political...
October 13, 2020
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) clashed with the Burma Army over 20 times from October 2-8 in northern Shan State,...
October 13, 2020
The Mon Women Network launched a campaign to encourage women to cast their vote when polling for the 2020 general election opens on the November 8...
October 13, 2020
A woman was killed and two others injured after stepping on a landmine while foraging for food in a jungle in Burma’s conflict-racked Rakhine State...
October 13, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Chinese police have detained more than 400 Burmese migrants in Ruili, Yunnan Province this week after they reportedly participated in...