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June 17, 2020
Four farmers from Sittwe’s Set Yoe Kya have held their second ‘plough protest’ on land formerly owned by them but confiscated for the development of...
Thick Forest in the Salween Peace Park, Northern Karen State (Photo-Saw Mort)
June 17, 2020
A Karen indigenous environmental conservation initiative in Northern Karen State, Burma has been named as one of this year’s Equator Prize winners...
NCA-S EAO Online Meeting- June 10 (NCA-S EAO)
June 17, 2020
The Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs), that signed the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), are proposing to the government that the fourth round of...
June 17, 2020
On June 10, 2020, the National Central Committee for Prevention, Control and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) announced that migrant...
June 17, 2020
Myo Myint Zaw — A court in Taungup Township, Arakan State, began hearing witnesses for the plaintiff in a case against five men from Sar Pyin village...
June 17, 2020
The process of relocating internally displaced people (IDPs) sheltering at school buildings in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw town began on June 14, with...
June 17, 2020
Security arrangements are under renewed scrutiny in Sittwe, where a recent bank robbery has locals criticising what they say is a lack of public...
June 16, 2020
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has restricted travel in the territory under its control in N’mawk (Momauk) Township in Kachin State’s...
June 16, 2020
Representatives from Mon State’s public health department have said that 164 people have come down with dengue hemorrhagic fever in the state and...
June 16, 2020
The Burma Army and the Karen National Union’s (KNU) Brigade 5 have fought 88 times over the last two months, according to KNU sources. On June 12,...
Photo by U Tun Mae Sai Migrant workers to come back home at Mae Hsai Bridge
June 16, 2020
SENG PHOO - More than 40,000 migrant workers have returned to Shan State from China and Thailand through official border crossings since February,...
June 16, 2020
SENG PHOO - The water of the Shweli River separating China and Shan State has turned red in color, raising concern among locals about the level of...