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June 6, 2017
Following public criticism for its attendance of the Union peace conference last month, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) held a public...
June 6, 2017
Three relatives were injured after their house was bombed during an overnight shelling in Tanai, Kachin State on June 4.
June 6, 2017
A group of assailants killed a 32-year-old villager in Maungdaw Township this past weekend, the latest in a series of murders of local civilians.
June 6, 2017
In addition to killing at least one person in Bangladesh and knocking out hundreds of homes and government buildings in Rakhins, last week’s Cyclone...
June 6, 2017
Around 300 Myanmar migrants were arrested in Mae Sot last week as part of a mass crackdown on undocumented laborers, according to local workers’...
June 6, 2017
Seven suspects facing drug charges escaped from a jail in Kayin (Karen) State on June 3.
Col. Sai Nguen, Secretary 3 of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA)
June 4, 2017
The second round of the Union Peace Conference went ahead in the Burmese capital, Naypyidaw, from May 24 to 29. During those six days of talks,...
June 2, 2017
All village administrators from Maungdaw south were summoned for a May 20 meeting with Border Guard Police to discuss the current security situation...
June 2, 2017
The body of a young man was found in a Bangladesh refugee camp on May 25, according to residents.
Namtu Township Committee for Assisting Refugees helps displaced families from Hsaik Hkawng Village Group to return home. (Photo – Sai Ba Nyan)
June 2, 2017
Over 100 families from Namtu township returned to their village on May 30 after they fled an outbreak of fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Ta’ang...
June 2, 2017
The Karen National Union (KNU) is calling on the Tatmadaw to remove military camps that have proliferated in Hpapun District, to the concern of the...
June 2, 2017
There is a once-in-a-lifetime political moment unfolding around us, as the people of Myanmar (Burma) strike for a new status quo of politics and...