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March 21, 2019
With the flare up incidence of March 18 in Arakan state Marauk-U, where the AA and as well the Tatmadaw are blaming each other for the shootout...
March 21, 2019
The Arakan Army sees an invitation by the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) to eight non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire...
Arakan National Party Head Office / Photo - Thet Naing
March 21, 2019
The Arakan National Party (ANP) formed an investigative commission on Wednesday to collect documented evidence and other relevant information...
Buyers examine jade stones on sale displayed prior to an auction during the March Gems Emporium in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 12 March 2019. The Gems Emporium runs from 11 March to 20 March 2019. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
March 21, 2019
About 541.5 million U.S. dollars were earned from the sale of 5,601 jade, gems and pearl lots at Myanmar's 56th gems emporium which concluded on...
March 21, 2019
Journalists said they were only reporting the facts about the mining company's dealings with a banana plantation in Kachin State. A mining company...
Photo - Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC)
March 21, 2019
The committee released a statement on March 18 in which it said that it felt extremely sorry for the people affected by the armed conflicts and...
(Bodies of Hindi people killed and buried during brutal violence in Maungdaw in 2017, Photo_ Byan Lwar)
March 21, 2019
An investigation tribunal has been established today (March 18) to review the findings regarding the incidents related to the attack by the ARSA...
A street in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State. Photo: Ye Naing/Mizzima
March 20, 2019
Local people in Mrauk-U are scared after the firing in the town resumed on March 19 in the morning in the wake of such firing yesterday March 18 in...
March 20, 2019
The victim’s mother is in hiding after reporting the murder to the police. A mother alleges members of a local militia group and the village headmen...
March 20, 2019
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (R) and Myanmar's state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) clapping during an event to mark the completion of the...
March 20, 2019
The 45-member constitution amendment joint committee will suspend their meetings for about one month and resume on April 22, committee members said...
March 20, 2019
At a recent investment fair intended to boost the economy of one of Myanmar’s most impoverished state, the government of Chin State closed lucrative...