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January 17, 2020
A foundation created in the memory of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s mother is building 50 houses for Chin internally displaced people (IDPs) in...
January 17, 2020
Maungdaw District administrator U Soe Aung says authorities will check whether 155 Muslims who were detained in waters off southeastern Myanmar and...
January 17, 2020
Win Nyunt — Hundreds of wartime refugees at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) near War Taung village in Minbya Township, Arakan State,...
January 17, 2020
The number of wartime refugees taking shelter in Sittwe has risen due to recent fighting in the state, according to Bhadanta U Rarzeinda, abbot of...
January 17, 2020
Teachers in Karenni State said that if the government goes ahead with a plan to extend the Burmese public school year from the end of February until...
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January 16, 2020
In the evening of January 13, the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) and the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) reportedly withdrew their troops from the Hinthar...
Leisure boats are berthed at the Haikou National Sailing Base and Public Marina in Haikou, Hainan island, China. Photo: EPA
January 16, 2020
A new direct air route was launched yesterday between Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, and Myanmar's Yangon, Xinhua reported. The...
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January 16, 2020
Mandalay Region Water Resources and Rivers Development Department chief Kyaw Myint Than told Mizzima that they are planning to take legal action...
Children collecting sulphur sand to make copper at the copper mine waste dump in Sarlingyi township in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 16, 2020
Villagers who live in a copper mining area of northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region have said that previous recommendations by a parliamentary...
January 16, 2020
With Chinese President Xi Jinping poised to visit Myanmar this week, questions surround what will be discussed in the closed-door sessions with...
January 16, 2020
For one week in early February, the public hospital in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina will provide free medical treatment to patients who are...
January 16, 2020
The Burmese government will continue the controversial Manipura hydropower project in Chin State’s Falam Township this year, a spokesperson said...