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Network Media Group
September 3, 2019
Ceasefire Does Little to Lift Hopes for Peace in Shan State
People living in northern Shan State say they don’t expect much from the Burma Army’s latest extension of its unilateral ceasefire, as clashes in the...
Network Media Group
September 3, 2019
Army Extends Ceasefire, but Shan State Clashes Continue
Despite a three-week extension of a unilateral ceasefire that was first declared by the Burma Army late last year, clashes continued in northern Shan...
Network Media Group
September 3, 2019
Gov’t, Northern Alliance Meet as Deadly Clashes Continue
Representatives of the government and the four members of the Northern Alliance met in Kengtung on Saturday to discuss ways to end ongoing clashes...
Narinjara
September 3, 2019
8 villagers wounded, groceries looted by ‘security personnel...
At least eight villagers were hospitalized after they sustained bullet injuries yesterday during the army retaliation against the members of Arakan...
Kachin News Group
September 3, 2019
Shoddy Construction Plagues Myitsone Dam Relocation Sites in...
Hkawn Tawng, a Kachin widow, was forced to move from her original home close to the confluence where the Irrawaddy river is formed in northern Kachin...
Development Media Group
September 3, 2019
Seven residents receive injuries during gunfire in Kyauktaw
Seven people from four villages in Kyauktaw Township received injuries during gunfire on 2 September. Five of them have been rushed to Kyauktaw...
Shan Herald Agency for News
Representatives of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) and representatives of the four groups KIO, PSLF, MNTJP and ULA met at Shan State Kengtung Town Amazing Kentong Resort
September 3, 2019
NRPC AND NA-B MEETING IN KENGTUNG: Bilateral ceasefire reali...
The much awaited meeting between government’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC) and National Alliance – Burma (NA-B) took place on...
Khonumthung News
September 2, 2019
Internet Service Resumes in Paletwa
Burma’s Communications Ministry has given Internet service providers (ISPs) in southern Chin State’s Paletwa Township permission to resume their...
Mizzima
The entrance to Paletwa, Chin State.
September 2, 2019
Internet shutdown partially lifted
Myanmar has partially lifted a months-long internet shutdown in two western states where government troops are battling the Arakan Army, Reuters...
Mizzima
September 2, 2019
NRPC and Northern Alliance – Burma release joint communique
Representatives of Myanmar government's National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) and the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B) issued a joint...
Mizzima
September 2, 2019
Earthquake strikes Myanmar’s Sagaing, damage reported
Earthquake monitoring sites and media are reporting an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude shook Myanmar's Sagaing region late Saturday, with some damage...
Mizzima
A tribal baby is carried in a basket as her parents head to pick up their rice and yuan payment after labouring in the fields, in north-eastern Myanmar. Photo: EPA
September 2, 2019
Myanmar child rights law needs further reform, effective enf...
After years of discussion and debate, Myanmar has finally enacted a law to protect the rights of children. Consistent with the United Nations...