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Inside a rice mill in Sittwe
December 24, 2022
Myanmar will start exporting 160,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh this month, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF). Under the agreement...
December 24, 2022
Nine people, including two journalists from the Myanmar Press Photo Agency were sentenced to three years in prison under Section 505 (a) of the Penal...
December 24, 2022
The Union Solidarity and Development Party, a well-known military-backed party, has begun scrutinizing its candidates and getting ready for the...
A fence on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.
December 24, 2022
Heavy weapons and small arms fire were reported along the Myanmar-Bangladeshi border in the northern part of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, at...
Paddy fields in Aungtaing Village, Sittwe Township. (Photo: DMG)
December 23, 2022
Farmers suffering from the impacts of military conflict, displacement, climate change and high prices for inputs like fertiliser and fuel this year...
December 23, 2022
The ceasefire agreed between the Arakan Army (AA), the Military Council and negotiated by a third party. has not made any difference to the...
December 23, 2022
The fourth conference of the Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee was held on December 19th and 20th in Pekon township, in the central...
December 23, 2022
Myanmar’s military regime is selling foods and consumer goods to the public in some townships including Sittwe, Ann, Taungup and Gwa townships in...
December 23, 2022
The regime’s armed forces have again issued an ultimatum to the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) to withdraw from southern Shan. This time it is...
December 23, 2022
The Military Council launched artillery shelling and aerial bombardment near the location of the KIO/KIA headquarters of Kachin Independence...
December 23, 2022
General Mutu Sae Poe, Chairperson of the Karen National Union (KNU), urged all armed organizations as well as social and religious organizations to...
December 22, 2022
Myanmar’s exiled National Unity Government (NUG) called on the EU and ASEAN to impose effective sanctions on companies selling aviation fuel to the...