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January 9, 2026
HRW calling for justice for Rohingya as ICJ hearings on the...
January 9, 2026
AA drones, heavy weaponry simultaneously attack Dhanyawaddy...
January 9, 2026
Junta arrests 220 Muslims, detains them in Sittwe Prison
Kaladan Press
Alethankyaw still smouldering on September 7, 2017 ( photo by Jonathan Head, BBC )
December 19, 2019
Rohingya victims demand OECD investigate Telenor’s complicit...
December 16, Rohingya victims of Burma’s genocidal operations in Maungdaw, Arakan State, filed an official complaint to the Organization for Economic...
Kantarawaddy Times
December 19, 2019
Karenni Network Voices Support For ICJ Case Against Burma
The Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) released a statement on Monday supporting the case brought by Gambia against the Burmese state at the...
Kantarawaddy Times
December 19, 2019
‘No Improvement to Farmers’ Rights’ Under NLD Govt, Network...
Farmers in ethnic states across Burma are facing increasing abuses of their rights to land and livelihood by the government in recent years, farmers...
Narinjara
December 18, 2019
Village administrator, woman killed in encounter
A 42 years old village administrator named U Nyan Thien was killed by a column of Myanmar security forces while a 30 years old rural woman named Daw...
Narinjara
December 18, 2019
70 village administrators set to resign protesting army atr...
At least 70 village administrators in Min Bya township of Arakan State in western Myanmar have decided to resign from their posts if the government...
Independent Mon News Agency
Presentation of the Report on Drug Risk Reduction programs (photo:MNA)
December 18, 2019
Insufficient budget hampering implementation of drug risks...
A report made to the State Hluttaw [Parliament] held on December 16th, revealed that more funding is needed to implement drug abuse prevention...
Mizzima
A truck carries a container at the Ahlone international terminal port in Yangon. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2019
Myanmar’s sea trade reaches over 4.8 billion U.S. dollars
Myanmar's trade through sea routes reached over 4.8 billion U.S. dollars as of Dec. 6 in present fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 which started in October...
Mizzima
People walk past a garbage dump on the outskirts of Yangon on June 5, 2019. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
December 18, 2019
Euro 50 million loan proposal submitted to parliament for wa...
Deputy Union Minister of Planning and Finance Maung Maung Win submitted a plan to borrow Euro 50 million from the government of Poland as an official...
Kachin News Group
Paul Lu at in front of Myitkyina prison when he was released on Dec. 16, 2019.
December 18, 2019
Remaining Kachin Youth Activist Released From Myitkyina Pris...
Kachin youth activist Paul Lu was released from a prison in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina on Monday morning after serving a three-month...
Network Media Group
December 18, 2019
Northern Alliance, Burmese Govt Delegation Meet in China
Members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed groups held an informal meeting with the Burmese government’s Peace Commission at an undisclosed...
Mizzima
House of Nationalities (upper house) Immigration, domestic/immigrant domestic workers affairs committee chairman Kyaw Htwe.
December 18, 2019
Domestic workers law could be enacted next year
House of Nationalities (upper house) Immigration, domestic/immigrant domestic workers affairs committee chairman Kyaw Htwe said that they were trying...
Mizzima
A general view of a Rohingya refugees' makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2019
Bangladesh repatriation could be delayed
The Myanmar government will not push for the much-delayed repatriation of Rohingya refugees living for more than two years in displacement camps in...