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November 22, 2021
More than 200 houses from Pharpyo village, Minbya Township, and Lekka village, Mrauk-U Township, that were destroyed by fire during armed conflict in...
November 22, 2021
Reporters from the Arakan State-based Western News went into hiding over the weekend after junta forces attempted to find the location of its office...
November 22, 2021
A female high school teacher who is said to have been part of the anti-coup Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in Taungup, Arakan State, since its...
November 20, 2021
South Korea-based Posco International has reportedly begun work on Phase II of the Shwe gas field project A-1 off the Arakan coast. The Department of...
November 19, 2021
It is reported that the lockdown will be extended in Pinlaung (Panglaung) township, Southern Shan State, in order to contain the spread of the Covid-...
November 19, 2021
SAC’s soldiers came and stationed in the village and arrested a young man in Pekon (Paikhun) township, Kow Ei ward, Kaung Wet sub-ward, Southern Shan...
November 19, 2021
Farmers are risking their lives cultivating their paddy fields at night amid a major offensive by the Burmese Army in southern Shan State. The...
November 19, 2021
Arrangements will be made to help displaced Tinma villagers in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, who have repeatedly sought their own return, but only...
November 18, 2021
Last week, junta forces set fire to over 30 houses in La Tu, an ethnic Kayan village in Pekon Township, southern Shan State. “Although I don’t have...
November 18, 2021
Villagers in an displaced camp in Myitkyina Township are facing additional hardships after drought led to the loss of ten acres of rice. ”They were...
November 18, 2021
Jade mining companies and government departments should be charged in the deaths of more than 170 jade pickers in a landslide in Gwi Hka mine in...
November 18, 2021
Weak preservation of timber seized from illegal logging in Arakan State has resulted in about 30% of the wood decaying before it could be sold at...