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December 20, 2025
DKBA Farm Bombing in Kyain Chaung Injures 5
December 20, 2025
Nine civilians killed as Myanmar junta intensifies airstrike...
December 19, 2025
Anti-coup movement participant teacher and husband killed in...
Network Media Group
February 27, 2020
Mon State Government to Crack Down on Illegal Fishing
Members of the Mon State government said that they would take action against illegal fishing in the state’s coastal areas, which they say is being...
Narinjara
February 27, 2020
Property looted, houses destroyed in Rathedaung, Buthidaung...
Shops and houses were allegedly looted by security forces as the residents left Nga Tauk Tu Shay village (under Rathedaung township) and Kyein Kyaung...
Mizzima
Rakhine University Students hold placards during a protest against the internet shutdown in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 22 February 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
February 27, 2020
Authorities arrest students over Rakhine internet shutdown p...
Authorities in Myanmar have charged nine students with violating the country’s Peaceful Assembly Law after they staged a protest Sunday against the...
Mizzima
The wife of Myanmar's Arakan Army leader, Ms Hnin Zar Phyu, seen here with one of their children, had been detained in Thailand. Photo: RFA/YouTube
February 27, 2020
Family of Arakan Army leader granted Swiss asylum
The wife and children of the commander the Arakan Army have been granted asylum in Switzerland after being detained in Thailand since December last...
Kachin News Group
Unregistered Homes Destroyed in Maw Sizar, Hpakant Landslide. Photo by Nawng Yoe
February 27, 2020
Unregistered Homes Destroyed in Hpakant Landslide
A landslide in a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin State on Tuesday claimed three huts built as part of an informal settlement in the area. The...
Development Media Group
Photo - Aung Chay
February 27, 2020
Lack of toilets reported at Mya Taung IDP camp
Wun Tha — Toilets are urgently needed at the Mya Taung Monastery IDP camp in Buthidaung town of Arakan State, a camp official said. There are 276...
Development Media Group
February 27, 2020
Woman suffers gunshot wounds in Kyauktaw Township
Khin Tharaphy Oo — A woman sustained gunshot injuries in Tin Ma village of Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, at about 9 a.m. on February 24, locals...
Kantarawaddy Times
February 27, 2020
Water Donors in High Demand at Eastern Pruhso
U Shay Peh from Law Ku-ku, Pruhso Township, says they are in demand of water donors as the villagers are encountering water shortage in this early...
Kantarawaddy Times
February 27, 2020
Tatmadaw Forces Karenni Villagers to Provide Building Materi...
The Burma Army’s Battalion 102 forced eight villages in Karenni State’s Demoso Township to provide them with wood and bamboo to fix a military camp...
Network Media Group
February 27, 2020
Wife, Children of Arakan Army Commander Resettle to Switzerl...
The wife and children of Arakan Army chief Maj-Gen Tun Mrat Naing have left detention in Thailand after being offered the opportunity for...
Network Media Group
February 27, 2020
Villagers Flee as Clashes in Kyauktaw Intensify
More than 100 villagers have sought safety elsewhere as clashes between the Burma Army and Arakan Army continue in Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township...
Network Media Group
February 27, 2020
Shan Human Rights Group Calls For an End to Military Abuses...
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has demanded that the Burmese military stop confiscating land and relying on locals for forced labor in...