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Tomatoes carry boat in Inle LakeTomatoes carry boat in Inle Lake
May 18, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — With the price of tomatoes dropping during COVID-19 lockdowns, farmers on the north end of Inle Lake are finding the sales from their...
May 18, 2020
The mopeds are back in Hanoi, cars once more clog Karachi's streets and gridlock has returned to Beijing's ring roads -- as lockdowns caused by the...
Courtesy of ANI
May 18, 2020
The Myanmar government has handed over 22 proscribed northeast insurgents active in Assam and northeast states to the Indian government, sources said...
May 18, 2020
The Myanmar military has denied a Karen National Union (KNU) claim they have been building up their troop deployment in Hpapun district of Kayin...
May 18, 2020
Saung Zar Chie — Increased checks and searches on routes leading to Zay Di Pyin IDP Camp has meant private donors and philanthropic groups have been...
May 18, 2020
Six men from Kyauk Tan were released Friday afternoon, following a court hearing in Sittwe after spending over a year in detention. They had charges...
May 18, 2020
The Myanmar government has established a Coordination and Cooperation committee to work with ethnic armed groups in the fight against Covid-19 (...
May 18, 2020
MNA journalist Nai Banyar Aung had the opportunity to talk with U Aung Thu Nyein, ISP-Myanmar**’s Director of Communications recently to get the...
  Photo-An area where NMSP medical checkpoint got removed (MNA)
May 18, 2020
Pressure from the Tatmadaw caused the New Mon State Party (NMSP) to withdraw their checkpoint at the entrance of Palaung Japan and Battalion 3 near...
May 17, 2020
Aung Htein — The Sittwe District Court has acquitted six men from Kyauktan village, Rathedaung Township, who were part of the sweeping detention of...
Burmese teachers receive education online training.
May 16, 2020
Seven townships in Kachin State, without internet services, will be left out of the government’s plan to resume classes online, after the lockdown...
The two officials from the Burmese government and Kachin Independence Organization met on May 13, 2020, for the first time on the joint cooperation of Covid-19 prevention at KIO’s Mai Sak Pa Covid-19 quarantine camp in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, northern Burma.
May 16, 2020
The two officials from the Burmese government and Kachin Independence Organization met on May 13, 2020, for the first time on the joint cooperation...