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June 13, 2020
A high school teacher, who was marking final exams in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, was sent to a quarantine facility at Myitkyina Public...
Kachin IDP camp run by Jaw Masat Baptist Church in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, northern Burma.
June 13, 2020
A Kachin youth group erected a stone memorial monument in an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp to honor Kachin who were displaced by fighting...
June 12, 2020
Two more people have tested positive for the Corona virus after crossing illegally into Maungdaw from Bangladesh, it has been reported. The Ministry...
June 12, 2020
A civilian from the town of Paletwa, Chin State, was injured by gunfire on June 9, according to family members of the victim. The man, identified as...
June 12, 2020
Gunfire just after midnight on June 10 killed a woman in her 80s and injured four others including a police officer in Amyint Kyun village, Sittwe...
June 11, 2020
A boy accidentally killed his younger brother this Monday after firing a gun that he was playing with in an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp...
June 11, 2020
Armed robbers have made off with 180 million kyat from Kanbawza no.2 bank in downtown Sittwe. The bank heist took place yesterday afternoon at around...
June 11, 2020
A forty-six-year-old male resident of an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in southern Chin State was shot dead Wednesday morning by an...
June 11, 2020
The Kachin State People's Party (KSPP) announced it would contest all 18 constituencies in Kachin State during the upcoming 2020 general elections...
June 11, 2020
An uptick in fighting between the Burma Army and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) is concerning farmers in northern Shan State as farming season has...
  Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson at KNCA press conference on Jun. 9, 2020 in Myitkyina, Kachin State.
June 11, 2020
On the anniversary of the conflict in Kachin State, the Kachin National Consultative Assembly (KNCA) stated that all internally displaced persons (...
Farmers Protest Land Grabs In Siseng Township Southern Shan State
June 11, 2020
SENG PHOO — Farmers in southern Shan State’s Hsihseng Township are expected to go to trial since the military has not opted to withdraw trespassing...