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This handout from Myanmar's military information team taken and released on August 17, 2022 show Myanmar's armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (R) shaking hands with United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer in Naypyidaw. Photo: Myanmar's Military Information Team / AFP
August 18, 2022
UN Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer on her first visit to Myanmar has met with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and called for a reduction in the conflict...
August 18, 2022
The Warazup People’s Militia Force (PMF) forced some residents living near their camp in Sanpya village to relocate by 18 August after the group,...
U Maung Saw Tha and U Kyaw Hein
August 18, 2022
Four people, who were arrested by the junta forces from Kyauk Taw town of Rakhine State a few weeks back, have gone missing with no contact with the...
August 18, 2022
The general administration of Sittwe, the capital city of Rakhine State, is getting worse day by day under the present military council as incidents...
Photo: KNU
August 18, 2022
More than 350,000 people in Kayin (Karen) State have been displaced post-coup as a result of fighting between Myanmar’s military regime and...
August 18, 2022
The power company in Ye Township increased the price of electricity to nearly 1,600 kyats per unit due to the rapid increase in the price of fuel and...
August 18, 2022
Most trade transactions between Thailand and Myanmar have been suspended because the Thai baht's value has increased exponentially against Myanmar...
August 18, 2022
Although tanker ships have docked at Yangon's Thilawa Port, the military council's quota system is causing a delay in fuel supplies, fuel traders...
August 18, 2022
A court in Mindon Township has sentenced 27 Rohingyas, including 5 minors, to 2 years imprisonment for travelling without papers. A source whose...
August 17, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year could have the unintended side effect of delaying a decision on the bid to have the ancient Arakanese...
August 17, 2022
Local people in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township are concerned about possible food shortages as the Myanmar military has blocked off the main road...
August 17, 2022
Thousands of civilians have fled indiscriminate artillery attacks by the Burma Army (BA) following attacks by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and...