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August 6, 2019
Police in northern Burma’s Sagaing Region seized weapons and other items from the home of a Chin man in Kalay Township on Sunday after receiving a...
August 6, 2019
A primary school teacher from Buthidaug, 80 miles north of Arakanese capital city of Sittwe, was arrested suspecting his links with Arakan Army. Nay...
August 6, 2019
Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State recently broke out near Yangon-Sittwe road, which decreased the number of travelers, and...
August 6, 2019
Although the number of IDPs has increased to nearly 60,000, the number of CSOs collecting donations for IDPs had decreased because the regional...
August 6, 2019
Boatmen in Sittwe who depend on the capital’s market for transporting goods for vendors and buyers now lack sufficient space on loading dock after...
August 6, 2019
The Ministry of Information can encourage cinema owners to show movies in cinemas, but cannot help to build new cinemas in Sittwe city, said U Aung...
August 6, 2019
The fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army recently has intensified in five townships in Arakan State. Fighting has been taking place in...
August 6, 2019
Pyithu Hluttaw representative U Oo Tun Win asked in the Pyithu Hluttaw parliament session on 2 August if the Tatamadaw has a plan to return farmland...
August 6, 2019
The eight-month long hostilities between the Tatamadaw and the AA in Arakan State has been affecting Arakanese people daily, especially in northern...
August 6, 2019
Since the Tatmadaw began shooting heavy weapon from Mt. Kyein Taung in Minbya Township, local residents have been concerned artillery shells landing...
Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) holds talks with leaders from the United Nationalities Federal Council at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center in Yangon, July 17, 2016. (Photo: RFA)
August 5, 2019
A recent political talk-show on Radio Free Asia (RFA) on the topic of China’s political influence in Myanmar mentioned the Arakan Army’s (AA)...
August 5, 2019
Locals said she had gone to seek work in China and was on her way home. Locals found the body of a woman at the river port between Kon Hai and Nawng...