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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...
April 2, 2020
There have been at least 59 clashes between the Burma Army and the Karen National Liberation Army—the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU)—in...
April 2, 2020
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has confirmed that the head of the Burma Army’s Northern Command sent a message to them through mediator...
April 2, 2020
The Mon State government announced this week that they will take legal action against people who return to the region after being abroad but who do...
April 2, 2020
A joint statement endorsed by 266 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) echoes the United Nations Secretary General call for ASEAN governments to end...
April 2, 2020
Mhem Thisar Khine — Members of Burma News International (BNI), Myanmar’s largest ethnic media network are concerned about the public’s right to...
April 2, 2020
Chit Min Tun — In her Facebook post, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that she used Facebook for quick and effective contact with people in...