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Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center. Photo: PEN America
July 26, 2022
PEN America, the writers' organisation that fights for freedom of expression for writers and against their persecution made a statement about the...
July 26, 2022
Some buses and taxis in Yangon that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) broke down because they used unknowingly used adulterated gas bought from gas...
July 26, 2022
Brig-Gen Saw Nedah Mya established a new Karen armed group called the Kaw Thoo Lei Army on 17 July, which is independent of the Karen National Union...
July 26, 2022
Three men in plainclothes abducted a police officer at a local bazaar in Sanae town, part of Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township, at about 7:30 a.m. on...
People queue to buy medicine at a pharmacy in Yangon. (Photo: CJ)
July 26, 2022
The prices of medicines are rising in some cities including the commercial capital Yangon due to the kyat’s depreciation against the US dollar and...
This file photo taken on January 13, 2012 shows Kyaw Min Yu (C), known as Jimmy, and his wife Ni Lar Thein (L) holding her child, both members of the 88 Generation student group, celebrating upon their arrival at Yangon international airport following their release from detention. Photo: AFP
July 25, 2022
Campaign group Human RIghts Watch (HRW) has released a statement condemning the reported execution of four men in the country’s first death sentences...
Ko Jimmy (left) and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw (right)
July 25, 2022
Campaign group Progressive Voice has released a statement calling on the world to condemn the cruel execution of four democracy activists in Myanmar...
July 25, 2022
A 12-year-old was killed and another civilian injured by gunfire during fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army (BA)...
SSPP SSA active in their controled area
July 25, 2022
The Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) has refused to vacate its three camps in southern Shan State, defying another request from the Burma Army (BA),...
July 25, 2022
The coup leader General Min Aung Hlaing's promise to allow ASEAN special envoy to meet with the imprisoned civilian leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is...
July 25, 2022
The Junta spokesperson, General Zaw Min Tun, said that the military council will continue to stand firm against the decision of the International...
RCSS SSA toops at Loi Tai Leng
July 22, 2022
Sai Wansai — Whenever we mentioned inter-ethnic conflict we immediately come to think of the armed clashes between the two Shan armies of Restoration...