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March 14, 2019
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA...
(File) Myanmar soldiers arrive as they bring the residents displaced from the conflict between a group of armed Muslim militants and government troops, to take refuge at a Buddhist monastery in Maungdaw located in Rakhine State near the Bangladesh border on October 15, 2016. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
March 14, 2019
The Myanmar military has been accused of detaining local aid workers and an ill man from Minbya township in Rakhine state on Tuesday night as the...
March 14, 2019
The meeting marks the first formal discussions between the Shan armed group and government officials in months. Delegations from the Burmese...
March 14, 2019
‘Because of this law, we will lose our land,’ a Kuki youth representative says. More than 400 ethnic Kuki people in Sagaing Region’s Tamu Township...
Tha Khin Sit Company office in Waingmaw, Kachin State
March 14, 2019
Tha Khin Sit sues the publication for defamation after the journal’s staff sue the company for assault. Mining company Tha Khin Sit filed a...
Photo: informal meeting between PC and PPST in Chiang Mai (Photo: Hla Maung Shwe)
March 14, 2019
An informal meeting between the government’s Peace Commission and representatives of 10 ethnic armed organizations, who signed the Nationwide...
March 13, 2019
Arakan Army (AA) forces recently captured a strategic hill camp occupied by the Burma Army in Paletwa Township during clashes, also taking 11...
March 13, 2019
By Lalnuna – A training school for midwives will be built in Hakha, Chin State, with an opening ceremony held by state government officials on...
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March 13, 2019
SSPP officials claim RCSS was involved in the fighting; RCSS denies participating. Forces from the Burma Army attacked the Shan State Progress Party/...
March 13, 2019
Armed rebels belonging to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) ethnic group take a cigarette break as they move towards the frontline near Laiza in...
March 13, 2019
Locals flee to Kesi Township following intensified offensives with helicopter gunships. More than 500 people fled to Kesi Township following an air...
March 13, 2019
ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် မြောက်ဦးမြို့နယ် ကျောင်းတောင်ကျေးရွာမှ လူနာသွားပို့သည့် ကျေးရွာသား ၆ ဦးနှင့် လူနာ ဖြစ်သူကို စစ်တပ်က ဖမ်းဆီးခေါ်ဆောင်သွားသည်ဟု...