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Brang Mai at Waingmaw Township Court
March 27, 2019
‘Neither side has any plan for further negotiations, so the case is starting again,’ says reporter Mun Mun Pan. Prosecution regarding defamation...
March 27, 2019
The construction of a bridge across the Kaladan River in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township has been stopped temporarily due to attacks in the...
March 27, 2019
Out of the 640 children under the age of five that died in 2018 in Chin State, Kanpetlet township recorded the highest numbers of child fatality...
Locals survey the damage after fighting between Myanmar's military and ethnic Rakhine insurgents near the town of Mrauk U, former capital of the Rakhine kingdom. Photo: AFP
March 26, 2019
The Myanmar military’s recent clashes with the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Rakhine state, including shooting and shelling incidents in Mrauk-U...
Myanmar's Major General Tun Tun Nyi talks to journalists about the recent conflict in northern Rakhine State, during a press conference at defense services museum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 25 March 2019. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
March 26, 2019
Tatmadaw (Defence Services) True News Team said at the press conference that since the Arakan Army (AA) was shooting and attacking security forces...
Factory Explosion in Wa
March 26, 2019
It is unknown what the factory produces, or why the explosion occurred, but locals say the facility is owned by the UWSA. An explosion at a factory...
March 26, 2019
The head of Tin Nyo police station in Mrauk-U Township was assassinated Saturday evening, according to local residents. Inspector Kyaw Kyaw Hla was...
March 26, 2019
The yearly Rakhine water festival held by Rakhine Cultural Preservation Committee in Mi Zan ward in Sittwe will be cancelled this year, according to...
March 26, 2019
Kate Maw jade mine of Lawnghkang village tract in Hpakant after mudslide on March 23, 2019 Workers are missing following the collapse of a mud-filter...
March 25, 2019
Myanmar armed forces have been ambushed by the Arakan Army (AA) in Yathedaung township, Rakhine state, and three AA members were killed in the clash...
(FILE / COMPOSITE) - A composite image shows Reuters journalists Wa Lone (L) and Kyaw Soe Oo (R) outside the Insein township court in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 September 2018. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
March 25, 2019
The Supreme Court of Myanmar will hear an appeal by the lawyers of jailed Reuters news agency reporters Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone on March 26,...
Minister Myint Maung. Photo: Mizzima
March 25, 2019
An emergency session of Tanintharyi Region Legislative Assembly convened on March 22 in the morning approved the appointment of acting Chief Minister...