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Photo by – Langkhur Youth/ Mongpan refugee
January 14, 2019
A villager describes being caught in the tension between armed groups in southern Shan State, and seeking refuge elsewhere before fighting reignites...
Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C-L), 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo (C-R), 28, sit in the police truck as they leave the court after the verdict has postponed at Insein township court, Yangon, Myanmar, 27 August 2018. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
January 14, 2019
NGO PEN America has expressed its alarm over the High Court decision to uphold the conviction of the seven-year prison sentences of the two Myanmar...
January 14, 2019
A Myanmar border guard police officer mans his station at the Goke Pi police outpost, in Buthidaung Township, northern Rakhine State, western Myanmar...
January 14, 2019
The RCSS and KNPP will meet a Burmese government delegation for informal talks. The Burmese government’s Peace Commission and a selection of ethnic...
January 11, 2019
An estimated 15 have been affected by the highly contagious—and preventable—disease. Diphtheria has claimed two children and affected an estimated 15...
January 10, 2019
A Rakhine political party said Wednesday that it will hold a meeting in Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe to discuss a warning by a central government...
IDPs camp in Rakhine State. Photo: Aye Chan Khaing/Mizzima
January 10, 2019
Rakhine State government municipal minister Win Myint said that some money from the Rakhine State Disaster Management Fund would be spent on...
Lisu ethnic women take a selfie during celebrations of the New Year Countdown in Yangon, Myanmar, 31 December 2018. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 10, 2019
Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs’ Association (MEEA) is organizing a Myanmar Ethnic Culture Fest in Kyaikkasan Ground, Yangon from 25 to 30 January,...
January 9, 2019
The NMSP alleges that the mines have been planted to create fear and instability in Yephyu Township. Three landmines went off on Monday in Yephyu...
January 9, 2019
Over 200 local villagers organized a protest at the peak of Waiphi Mountain in Pannandin township, northern Kachin State, on December 21, 2018,...
Photo by – UWSA/
January 9, 2019
Villagers walked for up to three days to safety in neighboring Langkhur. Around 70 villagers from the Loi Pangpi mountain range in southern Shan...
Photo by – A Hsipaw villager
January 9, 2019
Afraid of further clashes, the displaced are seeking shelter in Hsipaw Township monasteries. As tension persists between ethnic Shan armed...