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March 28, 2020
After rumours circulated markets would close soon due to the spread of covid-19 residents in Kachin State started panic shopping. Kachin State...
March 28, 2020
Win Nyunt — The Myanmar government should lift the internet ban in nine townships of Arakan and Chin states because access to timely and credible...
March 28, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — The Arakan State legislature went into recess on March 25 and will remain adjourned until further notice due to the risk of...
Photos by – ThaiPBS North/ Maesai – Tachilek (Thai – Myanmar Border)
March 27, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Due to an emergency decree, Thailand halted all border crossings between Mae Sai in Chiang Rai Province, and Tachileik in Shan State...
RCSS Army
March 27, 2020
Troops from the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) fought in eastern Shan State’s Mongton Township on Wednesday morning,...
Photo by SHAN/UWSA
March 27, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the United Wa State Army (UWSA) has issued temporary restrictions on traveling to area...
Photo: MOI
March 27, 2020
The Myanmar government is planning to draw up a plan to provide prompt response to possible Covid-19 infection at internally displaced persons (IDP)...
March 27, 2020
Plans to turn rice fields running from the River Moei up into the Dawna Mountain Range into a giant construction site of large concrete houses,...
Kambaiti border pass, the biggest China border trade gate in Kachin State, northern Burma. Photo: Dr. Thein Myo
March 27, 2020
While checkpoints along the Thai-Burma border closed this week, traffic continues as usual along Burma’s border with China, local sources have said...
March 27, 2020
In an effort to halt the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian government has imposed a 24-day lockdown on the whole of the country since March...
A vehicle of security forces is seen after it was attacked by a mine in Maungdaw Township in 2019. (Photo_Cha Lu Aung)
March 27, 2020
Cha Lu Aung — A mine attack on a Border Guard Force convoy early Tuesday in northern Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township killed two officers and a...
March 27, 2020
Hnin New — A child from Chae Taung (Chin) village was killed and 15 people were injured due to fighting on March 23 near Kanni village in Minbya...