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March 16, 2020
Hnin Nwe — Thousands of people have fled their homes since artillery shells landed in or near some villages in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township over...
March 16, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — Two women who had been receiving medical treatment at Sittwe General Hospital for severe gunshots wounds succumbed to those injuries...
March 16, 2020
Win Nyunt — Twenty-two civilians sustained gunshot wounds after a military truck hit a remote landmine near Tinnyo village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U...
March 16, 2020
Three Chin families escaping fighting in northern Rakhine State arrived in Hakha, capital of Chin State, this Thursday. Han Thein told Khonumthung...
Myanmar women wearing hats and headscarfs line up as they plant paddy seedlings to grow rice crop at a farm in Ma-ubin township of Ayeyarwaddy region, Myanmar. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
March 16, 2020
President Office spokesman Zaw Htay has said that Myanmar has enough food despite the fears over the coronavirus. Myanmar is one of the few countries...
A Myanmar family sits on the remains of their house in Bogolay, the Irrawaddy Delta, 14 May 2008. Photo: EPA
March 16, 2020
The study of the oceans is crucial for countries such as India and Myanmar because it helps governments to predict and manage responses to climatic...
During open speech of NMSP Vice chair, Nai Aung Min (MNA)
March 16, 2020
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) leader Vice Chair, U Naing Aung Min called for entrepreneurs to apply themselves in enterprises that benefit the...
Photo – Ground cracks in Kon Ngan village (MNA)
March 16, 2020
Residents from the Attaran river bank area in Kyaikmayar Township are asking the government to take responsibility for relocating some of their...
March 16, 2020
Workers at banana tissue cultivations in Kachin State are worried they won’t receive their salaries because of COVID-19 if their employer takes...
March 16, 2020
Two farmers from the same township in southern Burma were seriously injured by landmines they stepped on the same day about an hour apart. “Both of...
Photo by – Old picture, Media group in Taunggyi 2016
March 16, 2020
Journalists in Shan State say they are facing difficulties getting news from parliamentary meetings. Khun Yazar, an executive member of the Taunggyi...
March 16, 2020
The Shan State government agreed to pay villagers who fled fighting in Mong Kung township but they say it’s not enough to cover the extensive damages...