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July 21, 2020
Once peace is restored in Burma, amendments to the country’s military-drafted 2008 Constitution can be discussed, Kachin State’s chief minister said...
July 21, 2020
Government primary schools in Mon State will teach about ethnic Mon, Karen, Pa-O and Bamar cultures in the 2020-2021 academic year. The state’s...
July 20, 2020
SENG PHOO — A Shan politician says he refused to join an army investigation into the killing of a civilian and others wounded by Burma Army soldiers...
July 20, 2020
The Border guard police (BGP) has abandoned two outposts in Nyaung Pin Hla and Thazin Myaing in the Zay Di Pyin area, Rathedaung township. The...
July 20, 2020
Fighting close to Kyauktan village, Rathedaung at around noon on July 16, prompted shelling by Rathedaung based battalions as well as the use of a...
July 20, 2020
Min Tun — The Arakan State government has been weak in implementing proposals approved by the state legislature, some lawmakers say. The second...
July 20, 2020
Kyaw Thu Htay — Two cottage hospitals in Ramree and Taungup townships have been without doctors — the latter facility since 2017 — and face calls...
July 20, 2020
More than 30 schools in New Mon State Party's (NMSP) controlled territories in Burma's Mon State re-opened from mid-June to mid-July, after the...
July 20, 2020
A human rights group says the government needs to help internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Karen and Mon states struggling to survive amid...
July 20, 2020
A murder investigation has been launched in an area controlled by Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) in Kachin State, Burma. Col Naw Bu, in...
July 20, 2020
HOM HURNG — The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) selected candidates in townships across Shan State last Sunday (July 12) to contest...
July 18, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — The All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress (AASYC) has submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) a report on...