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(FILE) - Reuters journalists Wa Lone (3-L) and Kyaw Soe Oo (2-R) gesture as they prepare to leave the Insein township court in a van, in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 September 2018. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
April 18, 2019
Two Reuters reporters have been awarded one of journalism's most prestigious prizes, CNN reported. On Monday in New York the Pulitzer Center handed...
April 18, 2019
The National Socialist Council of Nagaland Khaplang (NSCN-K) has demanded release of their leaders by the Myanmar government to be able to carry out...
April 18, 2019
Figures released by a local volunteer group show that recent clashes between the Burmese army and the Arakan Army (AA) have displaced more than 2,600...
April 18, 2019
An elderly Chin woman was killed in her garden last week when she was hit by shrapnel from an artillery shell fired by the Burmese army in Rakhine...
April 11, 2019
Three men are charged with communicating with an ‘unlawful association.’ The eighteenth court session for members of the All Burma Students...
April 11, 2019
‘Our target is the 2020 elections,’ an organizer said. A training in parliamentary affairs was delivered by the All Kachin Youth Union on Monday and...
April 11, 2019
A final group of around 50 IDPs went back to their village, glad to be returning but concerned about future fighting. All internally displaced people...
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April 10, 2019
As the 2020 election is just around the corner and only a year away every political party in Burma is gearing up and preparing to compete to the best...
Photo by – Sai Lang Herng LaiKha/ tomb of Laikha hereditary prince Sao Noom
April 10, 2019
After three years of maintenance work, young people erect a signboard at the tomb of Laikha hereditary prince Sao Noom. Young people in Laikha, Shan...
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April 10, 2019
The perpetrator threw a grenade from a motorbike at the headman’s house, injuring two bystanders. A bomb blast on the grounds of the home of a...
April 9, 2019
Maung Tun Nyein was shot and injured by a security police on April 7, 2019 ‘Police didn’t shoot directly at them, but a bullet deflected off of a...
April 9, 2019
Sut Seng Htoi describes the honor as being ‘for all Kachin youth who have participated in our youth movement.’ Kachin activist Sut Seng Htoi is one...