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August 11, 2022
The Mon State military council requested a representative from the Mon Unity Party (MUP) to serve on Ye District Council, but there was no one...
August 11, 2022
Agricultural businesses and farmers criticized the military leader for saying that the national fund would be spent on essential agricultural inputs...
August 11, 2022
NGO Global Witness warns in a new report that “illegal” rare earth mining in Myanmar is having drastic effects on the environment and communities...
August 11, 2022
A Myanmar army general who received military training in Japan served as a high-ranking officer in a regional command that has been implicated in...
August 11, 2022
The Myanmar Campaign Network (MCN) is calling on the Australian government to impose targeted sanctions on the Myanmar junta within 100 days of the...
August 11, 2022
Junta troop deployments in villages and tightened security checks are severely affecting the livelihoods of local residents in Arakan State. Many...
August 11, 2022
Junta-appointed ward and village administrators in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, where junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) have exchanged fire...
Caption: The mangrove forest near Kyaytaw village, Sittwe Township, has protected the village in the years since it was planted. (Photo: Ko Hla Tun)
August 11, 2022
Residents of Kyaytaw village, Sittwe Township, are seething after a poultry farmer cut down dozens of acres of mature mangroves that were planted to...
The Maungdaw border trade centre. (Photo: Arakan State Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
August 11, 2022
Myanmar and Bangladesh authorities are taking steps to run a coastal shipping line to promote direct trade between the two countries, according to...
August 11, 2022
A group of Burmese army personnel, who are stationed at Maha Muni temple, one of the most sacred religious places of Rakhine State, opened fire last...
August 11, 2022
The Burmese military junta forces have arrested one villager from Ann township suspecting his role in illegally transporting Muslim people from...
August 11, 2022
Locals are worried that a battle will break out as about a 100-member military unit has moved into some villages in Belin Township, Mon State. On...