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April 2, 2020
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has confirmed that the head of the Burma Army’s Northern Command sent a message to them through mediator...
April 2, 2020
The Mon State government announced this week that they will take legal action against people who return to the region after being abroad but who do...
April 2, 2020
A joint statement endorsed by 266 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) echoes the United Nations Secretary General call for ASEAN governments to end...
April 2, 2020
Mhem Thisar Khine — Members of Burma News International (BNI), Myanmar’s largest ethnic media network are concerned about the public’s right to...
April 2, 2020
Chit Min Tun — In her Facebook post, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that she used Facebook for quick and effective contact with people in...
April 2, 2020
The Ambassadors of Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,...
Women carrying firewood wash their hands at IDP camp of Trinity Kachin Baptist Church in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, northern Burma.
April 2, 2020
While thorough handwashing has been proven as an effective strategy to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, internally displaced persons (IDPs...
April 2, 2020
Burma News International (BNI) asked the government to stop blocking Rakhine and Karen media outlets from mobile phone users. “This is a crucial time...
April 2, 2020
Nearly 7,000 ethnic Chin people living in Rakhine State have had to flee fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army (AA) and are in need of...
April 2, 2020
The Chin State government accused the Arakan Army (AA) of robbing rice destined for civilians in food-strapped Paletwa township but Chairperson of...
April 2, 2020
Khaing Roe La — The editor-in-chief of the Sittwe-based Narinjara News agency has been charged under a terrorism law and three reporters from the...
Those returned from Thailand receive medical checkups at Aung Mingalar highway bus station in Yangon. (Photo: Minister U Zaw Aye Maung)
April 2, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — Migrant workers returning from abroad to some villages in Mrauk-U Township are being forced to stay outside their villages for 14...