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November 13, 2019
HOM HURNG — Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) soldiers fought with the Burma Army (aka Tatmadaw) multiple times this month...
November 13, 2019
A Ta'ang armed group said it fought with the Burma Army (aka Tatmadaw) many times in early November despite initiating an unilateral ceasefire with...
November 13, 2019
The Karen National Union said the effectiveness and the usefulness of foreign funding has been nullified by need for ethnic armed organizations to...
Bilateral ceasefire talk between Northern Alliance and Burmese government in Kyengtong, Shan state on Sept. 17, 2019
November 13, 2019
It’s unclear when the next round of peace talks between the Northern Alliance and government will happen. Nothing has been decided yet, said Lamai...
November 13, 2019
Khine Roe La — Families are concerned for detained family members because they are not allowed to meet with them even though the Tatmadaw arrested...
November 13, 2019
The government imposed a curfew in war-stricken Paletwa township in Burma’s southern Chin State after the Arakan Army (AA) kidnapped an MP and...
Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee/Facebook
November 13, 2019
Chinese special envoy Mr. Sun Guo Xiang said that China is the country which Myanmar can rely on for the peace process being implemented. Mr. Sun Guo...
Miners search for jade stones at the HpaKant jade mining area, Kachin State. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 13, 2019
One miner was killed and three others were injured in a landslide on 6 November at a Phakant mining site belonging to the Aung Hein Min company,...
Photo by – Sai Tai Tuarn | Nang Si Nom
November 13, 2019
A woman from Shan State living in Chiang Mai woke in a hospital to find herself strapped with healthcare costs after being struck by a truck in an...
November 12, 2019
A 32 years old woman, who was carrying four months pregnancy, died in army firing at Meabon in Arakan. The incident took place on Sunday as she was...
November 10, 2019
The budget for Chin State for the 2019-2020 fiscal year is more than 260 billion kyat (US$170.75 million), according to government officials. It...
More than 400 persons have returned home from other countries on their own accord.
November 10, 2019
Myat Win Kyaw — A press release issued on 8 November stated that after close inspection of a list of 3,450 expatriates taking shelter in Bangladesh,...