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June 4, 2019
It has now been a decade since the Arakan Army commenced its armed struggle. The AA was founded on April 10 in 2009 with 26 Arakanese youths in the...
June 4, 2019
Over 100 political and social organizations yesterday released a joint statement after a political talk titled “ Arakan State’s affairs is the matter...
June 4, 2019
A monastery in Minbya Township’s Sabahtar village where villagers were hiding was hit by mortar shells on June 3 at about 3p.m, killing four...
June 4, 2019
The village administrator from Kyaukme is charged with violating Article 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act. More than 500 people added their...
June 4, 2019
State Counselor Office director Zaw Htay on May 31 said that the meeting with the Northern Alliance-Burma (NA-B) will take place soon and the draft...
June 4, 2019
Civil engineering students from Kalay Technical University conducted a series of tests in and around Chin State’s Rih Lake on Thursday in an effort...
June 4, 2019
A clash erupted near Shwetamar village in Minbya Township on 2 June, injuring a woman in her 40s after artillery shells landed on her house. Shells...
June 3, 2019
Clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA erupted on the afternoon of June 2 near a village in Minbya Township, forcing villagers to flee to safety...
June 3, 2019
The Tatmadaw said it will continue its operations against the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) and Indian insurgent groups...
Drug addicts in rehabilitation at the rehabilitation center in Myitkyina, Kachin State. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
June 3, 2019
Part 3 The various ways in which the armed conflict and illegal drug production intertwine are not new. They have evolved alongside political...
June 3, 2019
(Part - 2) As the International Crisis Group (ICG) report “Fire and Ice: Conflict and Drugs in Myanmar’s Shan State” makes clear, drugs are big...
June 3, 2019
Myanmar’s Ministry of Home Affairs was ordered Friday to arrest and prosecute Buddhist monk Wirathu for sedition after he made inflammatory comments...