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May 31, 2019
After a court hearing lasting for four months, two out of four detained people from Buthidaung Township were released on May 28, according to their...
Supporters of Nationalist Buddhist monk Wirathu, gather near the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon on 30 May 2019. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
May 31, 2019
Hundreds of monks and their supporters marched in Yangon on Thursday to protest against the issuing of an arrest warrant for U Wirathu. The sedition...
May 31, 2019
(Part 1) Civil strife has turned Myanmar’s Shan State into a crystal methamphetamine hub. The richer the traffickers get, the harder the underlying...
May 31, 2019
Petitions submitted to Myanmar's military chief led to the early release of seven Myanmar soldiers convicted of killing 10 Rohingya villagers during...
May 31, 2019
Thailand’s Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University has awarded an honorary doctorate degree to Nang Shwe Hmone, the wife of Burma’s former vice-...
May 31, 2019
Police demanded a local family in WeaTonChaung Village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State pay 600,000 Kyat after their son was found consuming Kratom...
May 30, 2019
Unexploded ordnances were left at a military firing range near villages due to ongoing armed conflicts in Arakan State. This type of action makes...
May 30, 2019
Although Amnesty International (AI) released a new report in which it said that the Myanmar Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army committed war crimes and the...
May 30, 2019
Authorities in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state have arrested four Chinese nationals for illegally entering the country and working on banana...
May 30, 2019
Even though members of the Military Force and Border Guard Force were jailed for the killing of 10 Muslim people from Inn Din village in northern...
May 30, 2019
The Rakhine Women’s Union (RWU) is concerned for the security of women in IDP camps where over 40,000 people are taking shelter due to clashes in...
May 29, 2019
The new office aims to promote ethnic unity and equal rights for Shan people in Kachin State. The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD),...