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January 10, 2020
Leaders among Burma’s ethnic political parties have said that they will try to establish a broader alliance before the country’s general elections in...
January 10, 2020
The Burma Army filed 47 lawsuits against 96 people in which they attempted to limit freedom of speech over the last four years—more than any other...
January 10, 2020
At least four Muslim children were killed and another six were injured in a powerful landmine explosion that took place in Buthidaung township, 80...
January 10, 2020
Two Myanmar military vehicles were destroyed in an Arakan Army (AA) attack yesterday afternoon as the AA members ambushed the security personnel in...
January 10, 2020
Amid fighting between Myanmar and Arakan Army (AA) forces in Rakhine state, the global humanitarian organization International Rescue Committee (IRC...
January 10, 2020
Officials of the Joint Implementing Coordination Meeting (JICM) for the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) said at the press conference held after...
A warplane flew over the KIO headquarters’ sky on Jan. 7, 2020.
January 10, 2020
A fighter jet believed to belong to the Burma Army flew over the Kachin Independence Organization/Army’s (KIO/A) headquarters in Laiza on the Burma-...
January 10, 2020
A national-level policy discussion on the resettlement of Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) and the closure of IDP camps were held in...
January 10, 2020
The Burma Army fired multiple artillery shells at the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) military training camp in Hsenwi Township in northern Shan...
To promote the role of youth, Mrauk-U Youth Association (MUYA) was founded on December 15, 2015. (Photo - MUYA)
January 9, 2020
Young people in Mrauk-U district have rejected an offer of the Arakan State Youth Affairs Committee to join its district committee because they do...
Kachin Manau Park, Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State
January 9, 2020
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will reportedly attend the 72nd Kachin State Day celebration this week after the event recently came under fire for...
Teachers at an educational workshop held at No. 1 High School in Maungdaw. (Photo - Pyan Hlwar)
January 9, 2020
The Myanmar Teachers’ Federation says it won’t assist in the upcoming 2020 election if the government does not backtrack on plans to increase the...