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December 17, 2025
Telecom scams trigger concerns over bank account security
December 17, 2025
12 million in Myanmar at risk of acute hunger in 2026, warns...
December 17, 2025
Chin groups condemn Mrauk-U hospital attack by Myanmar junta...
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A man holds new edition of 1,000 Myanmar Kyats banknotes featuring portrait of late General Aung San outside the Myanmar Economic Bank in Yangon, Myanmar, 07 January 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 20, 2020
US dollar slides against the Kyat
The US dollar has been sliding against the Kyat in the local currency market, with the exchange rate touching a low of K1,480-1,484 per dollar on 15...
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Myanmar President Win Myint (R) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) at the presidential house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 17 January 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 20, 2020
Myanmar government issues statement on the occasion of Chine...
The Myanmar government released a statement 18 January at the end of the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to Myanmar in...
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(File) Military truck loaded soldier passes along a deserted road at self-administered Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, 17 February 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
January 20, 2020
Myanmar army attacks Kokang base as Chinese President arrive...
On the day that Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Myanmar, the Myanmar military launched an attack on an ethnic Kokang army base on the Myanmar...
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Bishop Raymond Sumlut Gam of Banmaw in Kachin State.
January 20, 2020
Church and displaced Kachin villagers voice concern over res...
Myanmar Church officials and displaced Kachin villagers have reportedly conveyed unease over the possibility that the China-backed Myitsone dam...
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Photo: Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
January 20, 2020
Chinese President denies supplying arms to ethnic armed grou...
In a meeting with Myanmar Defence Services Commander in Chief, Chinese President Xi Jinping denied his country was supplying arms to ethnic armed...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) attends the meeting with Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (not in picture) during their meeting at president house in Naypyitaw Myanmar, 17 January 2020. Photo: President's Office/EPA
January 20, 2020
China inks deal with Myanmar on 33 MoUs including Kyaukphyu...
During his visit to Myanmar, Chinese President Xi Jinping signed 33 Memorandum of Understanding agreements, protocols and exchanges including the...
Khonumthung News
January 20, 2020
AA: Burma Army Is Responsible For Murder of Paletwa Teacher,...
After a primary school principal and two villagers were found dead of knife injuries in the jungle in Paletwa Township on January 10, the Khumi...
Network Media Group
January 20, 2020
KSPP to Hold First Conference in February
The Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP) will hold its first conference in February to discuss party policy ahead of Burma’s general elections this...
Network Media Group
January 20, 2020
EAOs Likely to Hold Summit Before Union Peace Conference Ses...
Leaders among the 10 ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have said that they would like to hold...
Network Media Group
January 20, 2020
A Leader of the Kachin Literature and Culture Fined For Kach...
A Myitkyina Township court sentenced the man in charge of the Kachin Literature and Culture Association to the payment of a 30,000 kyat (US$20) fine...
Narinjara
January 20, 2020
Villagers return back to camp as situation worsens again
At least 30 villagers, who took shelter at Kan Hton Gyi IDP camp, returned back as the security forces launched operations in their village. Earlier...
Development Media Group
January 20, 2020
Myanmar and China ink Kyaukphyu SEZ accord despite objection...
Myanmar and China signed agreements on the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and deep-sea port project during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s...