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February 6, 2020
Mon people must pay close attention to conserve the Mon ethnic nationality in order to prevent it from disappearing. The Chair of the New Mon State...
Opium poppies at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State. Photo: EPA
February 6, 2020
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar declined a further 11% in 2019 to 33,100 hectares (ha), according to the Myanmar Opium Survey released yesterday...
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February 6, 2020
Suu Myat May Zaw — Dr. Thinn Thinn Hlaing from Bago Region, Public Health Department, Vaccination and Infectious Disease Unit said that 37 Chinese...
February 6, 2020
The government shut down internet access again in Rakhine and Chin states. Internet services in Rathaytaung, Buthitaung, Maungdaw, Myaebon townships...
February 6, 2020
A 28-year-old primary school teacher who works at Panetaw Kontan village in Rathedaung Township was injured when she was struck by a stray bullet at...
February 6, 2020
An explosive remnant of war killed a teenage boy and seriously injured a woman when the ordnance blew up at a village in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan...
February 6, 2020
Three young men were attacked with knives and sticks by a group of intoxicated individuals at around 2 p.m. on February 1 near Latma, a Muslim...
February 6, 2020
Artillery and small arms fire killed a mother and injured three men on the morning of February 3 in Kyauktaw town. The deceased is Ma Aye Aye Khaing...
Photo - Namkham Civilian
February 5, 2020
A February 7 Shan State Day commemoration has been canceled in Namkham town due to fears of the spreading coronavirus. The organizing committee for...
Photo   -  Nan Ma Civilian
February 5, 2020
An 18-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds outside Nam-ma village in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township on Sunday. Sai Awng Lu had been...
February 5, 2020
The Myanmar telecom authority has reimposed a mobile internet shutdown in five townships of Rakhine and Chin State from 3 February. The affected...
February 5, 2020
Three civilians were killed and seven other sustained injuries because of shelling and explosions in Arakan State of western Myanmar on 2 and 3...