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April 20, 2020
On April 17, 2020, the Karen State Security and Border Affairs Ministry sent a letter to the Karen National Union (KNU) headquarters and Liaison...
Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot
April 20, 2020
Myanmar-Thailand border trade has dropped by $24.27 million and stands at US$2.13 billion between 1 October and 3 April in this fiscal 2019-2020,...
IDPs in Chin State. Photo: Mizzima
April 20, 2020
Civilians displaced from Paletwa by armed clashes between the Arakan Army and the Tatmadaw are in serious need of rice, according to the Relief and...
April 20, 2020
A total of 343 inmates of Sittwe Prison, including four political prisoners, were released on April 17 in a mass presidential pardon coinciding with...
April 20, 2020
A communique issued by the Arakan State COVID-19 Control and Emergency Response Committee indicates that district-level committees formed to combat...
April 20, 2020
A 14-year-old boy who was among six civilians injured by gunfire in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw town succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead at...
April 20, 2020
Cha Lu Aung — Three motorboat drivers who returned to Arakan State after transporting goods from the Maungdaw border trade center to Bangladesh are...
April 20, 2020
Kyaw Chit — Three bodies were found with gunshot wounds in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, on April 17 and 18, according to local residents, in the...
April 17, 2020
Sai Wansai — When the Burma army or Tatmadaw undertook air raids and bombardment of civilian targets in Paletwa Chin State, Ponnakyun and Ann...
April 17, 2020
Civil societies want help from the government to feed thousands of new internally displaced persons (IDPs) following weeks of hostilities between the...
April 17, 2020
Andre Wheeler — Daily reports of the economic impact of the Coronavirus are being replaced by regular updates of financial and market meltdowns. City...
Lweje near Longchuan County in southwest China’s Yunnan province. Photo: 胡庆/Google Map
April 17, 2020
Chinese border authorities are not letting cargo trucks from Myanmar pass through a key entry point into China from northern Myanmar’s Kachin state...