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August 29, 2017
Rakhine State Government spokesman Min Aung told Mizzima that they were continuously providing relief supplies to those who fleeing from terrorist...
August 28, 2017
<p>After three H1N1 flu cases were confirmed at a refugee camp along the Thai-Myanmar border last week, the area has been under quarantine with...
rrawaddy journalist Lawi Weng, who was detained in Shan State on Jun 28 of this year (Photo: Steve Tickner/Facebook)
August 28, 2017
Personal reflection and perspective The fact that I can be considered a public intellectual now is a small wonder. As a Mon child born into a rural...
August 28, 2017
<p>Karen News (Karen Information Center - KIC) sat down with P&rsquo;doh Saw Ar Toe, head of the Karen National Union (KNU)&rsquo;s...
August 28, 2017
The Southern Shan Women’s Network wants to boost female leadership and involvement in public life.
Myanmar soldier walks in Chain Khar Li Rakhine ethnic village, an area close to fighting at Rathedaung township of northern Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 25 August 2017. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 28, 2017
The Information Committee of State Counsellor’ Office has issued a warning notification which states that media by not referring to attackers in...
Myanmar policemen carry an injured border guard police (C) as he arrives to the Sittwe port, Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 26 August 2017. Photo: Nyunt WIn/EPA
August 28, 2017
Two Myanmar Muslim CSOs, Twe Let Myanmar and Yway Letyar, issued a statement today which strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Maungdaw area,...
August 28, 2017
At least 30 border police outposts in western Myanmar were attacked by a group of Islamist terrorists on Thursday night resulting in the killing of...
Myanmar soldiers walk in Chain Khar Li Rakhine ethnic village, an area close to fighting at Rathedaung township of northern Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 25 August 2017. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 28, 2017
Authorities say the death toll in Friday's militant attacks has risen to 89 with many more bodies of Rohingya insurgents found in areas around the...
August 27, 2017
Authorities say the death toll in Friday's militant attacks has risen to 89 with many more bodies of Rohingya insurgents found in areas around the...
Mon State’s Department of Agriculture says the flood damage to farmland was more extensive this year, than last. (photo; Internet)
August 25, 2017
The Mon State government hopes that a windfall of compensation will give a much-needed boost to farmers whose plots were damaged by recent monsoon...
The Advisory Commission on Rakhine State launches its final report at an August 24 press conference in Yangon. (Photo – MNA)
August 25, 2017
Resolving the development, human rights and security crises in Rakhine State requires an urgent, “calibrated” approach to ensure that violence does...