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April 4, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Both official and unofficial border gates between the northern Shan State townships of Muse and Namkham and China have been closed...
April 4, 2020
Sai Wansai — The Karen National Union (KNU) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the former a nationwide ceasefire agreement-signatory...
April 4, 2020
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has criticized a Burma Army demand that it terminate its relationship with the Arakan Army (AA) as the...
April 4, 2020
China has implemented a complete shutdown of its border gates with Burma since April 1, local sources told NMG. All border gates in northern Shan...
April 4, 2020
To prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) closed several of its checkpoints along the Chinese border. “We aren’t...
Durians from Mon State (Farmer)
April 4, 2020
Plantation owners in Ye Township are experiencing plummeting prices of fruits such as durian, mangosteen, pineapple and melons. Due to a suspension...
Myanmar nationals wearing facemasks amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus walk at the immigration post in Myawaddy near the Thai border on March 23, 2020, as thousands of people crossed from Thailand as the border crossings were due to close because of the growing pandemic. Photo: AFP
April 4, 2020
Thant Myint-U — Myanmar, like the entire world, is facing not only an unprecedented health crisis, but an unprecedented economic crisis as well...
April 4, 2020
With the aim of preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, some 299 returnees from abroad remain in quarantine in Chin State for the designated...
April 4, 2020
Hnin Nwe — Five civilians were killed and eight were injured on Wednesday evening when heavy weapons and small arms fire tore through the town of...
April 4, 2020
Hnin Nwe — More than 2,000 people have recently fled their homes in Ponnagyun Township due to fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army,...
Websites belonging to ethnic media groups—members of Burma News International (BNI)
April 2, 2020
NANG SENG NOM — Websites belonging to ethnic media groups—members of Burma News International (BNI)—have been blocked for days by internet data...
April 2, 2020
An ethnic media coalition spoke out against the blocking of its partners’ news sites on Sunday by various telecommunications providers and a...