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March 8, 2020
Some 18 clashes have broken out between the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) in Mong Kung Township in southern Shan State...
A general view of the copper mine in Sarlingyi township in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 8, 2020
Than Htike Aung — House of Nationalities (upper house) MP from Sagaing Region constituency (5) Ye Htut asked a question in parliament if there is any...
March 8, 2020
A Chin woman was serious injured by an exploding artillery shell in a village in Rakhine State, according to a press release of the Chin Human Rights...
Rakhine ethnic elderly women who fled from an area struck by conflict between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army, sort small mussels at the Yan Aung Myay temporary camps in Buthidaung township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
March 8, 2020
International rights group Human Rights Watch this week warned about a worsening humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State. A surge in fighting in Myanmar...
March 8, 2020
A child was reportedly killed and four others wounded in a landmine blast near Paung Toke Muslim village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township,...
March 8, 2020
Two men from Ai Tin village in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, were arrested at the Kyauktan checkpoint on the outskirts of Sittwe at about 5 p.m...
March 8, 2020
The families of six people who were detained by the Tatmadaw while travelling by boat from Kyauktaw to Paletwa have sent a letter to the defence...
Kachin women’s band in northern Shan State. / Photo credit Tom Kramer (TNI)
March 7, 2020
As the peoples of Myanmar commemorate Union Day this week, Sai Wansai argues that “civic nationalism” can help address the crisis in “ethnic...
March 7, 2020
In its inaugural conference held this week in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina, the Kachin State People’s Party (KSPP) wrote up its future plan...
March 7, 2020
There are still too few Mon women in decision-making roles in politics, Mon women leaders have said, attributing the blame to traditional views on...
March 7, 2020
First Party Conference of Kachin State People’s Party on March 3-4, 2020, Myitkyina, Kachin State. In its first conference held from March 3-4, the...
March 7, 2020
On June 21 last year, the Myanmar government cut off mobile internet access in eight Arakan State townships and Chin State’s Paletwa Township. With...