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Myanmar soldiers march during a parade commemorating the 74th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2019. Photo: EPA
January 8, 2020
Myanmar’s military has filed nearly 50 lawsuits against critical journalists, individuals, and organizations it has accused of defamation during the...
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees enter Bangladesh from Budichong, Myanmar through the Palongkhali border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 09 October 2017, after crossing the Naf river. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA
January 8, 2020
Sai Wansai — Myanmar holds the dubious distinction of coming in fourth in a list of five countries in the world that drove the most people into exile...
January 8, 2020
One woman was injured and several houses were damaged amid a hail of bullets and artillery fire near Mahar Muni village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan...
January 8, 2020
The Kyauktaw Agricultural Science Institute will reopen on January 13, after closing its doors temporarily due to recent small arms and artillery...
January 7, 2020
The central celebration of the 73rd Mon National Day (MND) will be held in Mawlamyine on February 9th this year. Organizers of the event are calling...
Current nine members of NMSP Central Executive Committee (photo: NMSP)Current nine members of NMSP Central Executive Committee (photo: NMSP)
January 7, 2020
At the recent 10th New Mon State Party [NMSP] central committee conference Nai Hongsar was elected to the position of Chair of the NMSP. Other newly...
A Kachin refugee family eating near Lung Byeng village in Waimaw township in Kachin state. Photo: Hkun Lat/AFP
January 7, 2020
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement discussed the Strategic Plan for Resettling Internally Displaced Persons-IDPs and Closing IDP...
January 7, 2020
The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has claimed to have killed two Rohingya men in a so-called gunfight with suspected drug smugglers along the...
Photo - Arakan Army
January 7, 2020
The Arakan Army (AA) has said that there were at least 681 clashes lasting longer than 30 minutes between its forces and the Tatmadaw in Arakan State...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (Photo - Office of the commander-in-chief of the Defence Services)
January 7, 2020
Myat Win Kyaw — The commander-in-chief of the Defence Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, said the Tatmadaw has resorted to addressing problems...
January 7, 2020
Min Tun — President U Win Myint urged all national races to unite and participate in efforts to build a peaceful, democratic federal union and to...
December 23, 2019
The Northern Alliance proposed a plan to release detainees held by both sides in its conflict with the Burma Army during its latest meeting with the...