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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...
April 2, 2020
The Ambassadors of Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,...
Women carrying firewood wash their hands at IDP camp of Trinity Kachin Baptist Church in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, northern Burma.
April 2, 2020
While thorough handwashing has been proven as an effective strategy to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, internally displaced persons (IDPs...
April 2, 2020
Burma News International (BNI) asked the government to stop blocking Rakhine and Karen media outlets from mobile phone users. “This is a crucial time...
April 2, 2020
Nearly 7,000 ethnic Chin people living in Rakhine State have had to flee fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army (AA) and are in need of...
April 2, 2020
The Chin State government accused the Arakan Army (AA) of robbing rice destined for civilians in food-strapped Paletwa township but Chairperson of...
April 2, 2020
Khaing Roe La — The editor-in-chief of the Sittwe-based Narinjara News agency has been charged under a terrorism law and three reporters from the...
Those returned from Thailand receive medical checkups at Aung Mingalar highway bus station in Yangon. (Photo: Minister U Zaw Aye Maung)
April 2, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — Migrant workers returning from abroad to some villages in Mrauk-U Township are being forced to stay outside their villages for 14...
April 2, 2020
Police searched the Narinjara News Agency’s office in Sittwe on Tuesday evening and took three journalists in for questioning, according to the...
April 2, 2020
Win Nyunt — Aerial munitions hit May Lun and Chaung Net (Chin) villages in Minbya Township at about 4 p.m. on March 30, killing two civilians and...
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April 1, 2020
Sai Wansai — On March 14, International Day of Action for Rivers, 23 countries’ indigenous, together with thousands of river stewards, defenders, and...