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March 21, 2020
With the aim of preventing the spread of the coronavirus, the Mon State government has announced that it is canceling an ongoing festival at the...
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March 21, 2020
Villagers in Mong Kung Township, southern Shan State were forced to provide wood and bamboo to government troops who are building a military camp on...
March 21, 2020
Reported by: Banyar Paing Dr. Win Kyaw Thu, from the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse told Mon News Agency, that illicit drug use by...
Nai Ah-Lawh, was killed in the landmine blast (Nai Chan Lon Lawe Hongsa)
March 21, 2020
A civilian was killed in another landmine blast in the afternoon of March 18th, while fishing along the Kyauk Din Baw and Yin Ye creeks in Ye Chaung...
The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot, Thailand. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPA
March 21, 2020
Myanmar's Foreign Affairs Ministry announced a temporary suspension of entry of foreign nationals through border checkpoints from Thursday to prevent...
March 21, 2020
Cha Lu Aung — Two ethnic Mro women from Baung village in northern Maungdaw Township have been missing for nearly a week, village official Ko Aung...
March 21, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — A woman was killed and a boy injured when gunfire riddled a tent set up for an ordination ceremony in Ponnagyun Township’s Latmasait...
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March 20, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — A man from Hsipaw, northern Shan State, is receiving medical treatment in the town’s public hospital for what may be an infection of...
People displaced by fighting in Kyauktaw increases by 4,000 in one week
March 20, 2020
Saung Zar Chi - Up to 4,000 people in Kyauktaw Township have been newly displaced over the course of one week, it has been reported. Among them,...
Photo – Pilgrims visiting the Kyaik Htee Yoe pagoda (Aung Kyaw Thu)
March 20, 2020
The State government is planning to close Mount Kyaik Htee Yoe, also known as Golden Rock located in Kyaikto Township in Mon State. According to Saw...
March 20, 2020
Myanmar authorities seized a large number of narcotic drugs and controlled chemicals in Shan state, according to a release from the Central Committee...
March 20, 2020
The Burma government has closed its Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge crossing to foreigners in an attempt to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19...