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June 6, 2022
Min Tun Drainage ditches show no sign of proper water flow. Water in the ditches has turned murky as garbage blocks the drains. This is a common...
June 6, 2022
Nay Myo Linn — U Pe Than, a 66-year-old veteran Arakanese politician who won a seat in two consecutive general elections, stepped away from party...
June 6, 2022
Ethnic Kaman high school students in the Arakan State capital Sittwe still can’t enrol for schools, according to a Kaman leader. Basic education...
June 6, 2022
JOOX Music Myanmar, a China-based music streaming app, has announced its plan to exit military-ruled Myanmar next week, after seven years of...
June 6, 2022
Local weaving businesses in Arakan State are struggling to maintain their operations due to the soaring prices of raw materials. The businesses have...
June 6, 2022
Conflict-affected Karen forced to drink dirty water are suffering severe diarrhoea in areas controlled by Karen National Union Brigade 1 and 6 where...
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June 6, 2022
Civilians displaced from their homes by the war could be starving soon, according to civil society organisations (CSOs) helping them in Karenni State...
June 6, 2022
A woman was killed, and her seven-year-old daughter wounded by artillery shelling of their village that was ordered by the State Administration...
June 6, 2022
Saw Doe Doh Eh K’lu, a medical trainer at KawThooLei Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW), said lack of access to nutritious food, basic medicine...
June 6, 2022
Many civilians uprooted by the conflict in Karenni State and in need of food and medicine could die if they don’t receive substantial humanitarian...
Pro-democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu (left) and former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw (right) would be the first people to be judicially executed in Myanmar in decades. Photo: AFP
June 6, 2022
Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism...
A woman carries a bag as she walks near the Tin Nyo village's internally displaced persons (IDP) shelter in Mrauk U township area, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
June 6, 2022
The National Unity Government (NUG) together with the Karenni National Progressive Party, Karen National Union and Chin National Front have expressed...