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September 5, 2019
Armed men stopped traffic on a highway in Shan state late Tuesday, robbing drivers and setting fire to their vehicles amid a new surge of fighting...
September 5, 2019
Two volunteer teachers detained by the military and accused of involvement with ethnic armed groups were released on bail on Monday. News leaked on...
September 5, 2019
Public health officials in Chin State have reported two cases of H1N1 influenza in the state capital Hakha, but said that no special precautions...
September 5, 2019
Seven vehicles, including a bus and four large transport trucks, were destroyed by fire on the Kutkai-Muse national highway in northern Shan State...
September 5, 2019
The Peace Process Steering Committee (PPST), a grouping of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that have signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA...
September 5, 2019
University students from Arakan State have demanded authorities to provide a financial stipend for students from IDP camps on 2 September headed by...
September 5, 2019
Two members of the Constitutional Amendment Committee, who are from the Arakan National Party (ANP), handed in their resignation on 3 September...
September 5, 2019
The child casualty rate has increased in Arakan and Shan states due to armed conflicts, the UNICEF Myanmar said on 2 September. “UNICEF Myanmar is...
September 5, 2019
Dramatic scenes unfolded in Myitkyina on Monday when a local court sentenced two Kachin peace activists to prison for their role in organizing an “...
September 5, 2019
A farmer from Pan Myung village under Minbya township, 50 miles east of Arakanese capital city of Sittwe, has been missing for six days since U Aung...
September 4, 2019
Police arrested a farmer in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Loikaw Township on Wednesday for attempting to destroy a fence used to demarcate landseizedby the...
September 4, 2019
Supporters of two Myanmar migrant workers who have been sentenced to death in Thailand gathered in front of Maha Bandula Park in Yangon on 2...