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June 6, 2022
Many civilians uprooted by the conflict in Karenni State and in need of food and medicine could die if they don’t receive substantial humanitarian...
Pro-democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu (left) and former lawmaker Phyo Zeya Thaw (right) would be the first people to be judicially executed in Myanmar in decades. Photo: AFP
June 6, 2022
Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism...
A woman carries a bag as she walks near the Tin Nyo village's internally displaced persons (IDP) shelter in Mrauk U township area, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
June 6, 2022
The National Unity Government (NUG) together with the Karenni National Progressive Party, Karen National Union and Chin National Front have expressed...
June 6, 2022
Myanmar junta troops have torched hundreds of buildings during a three-day raid in the country's north, local media and residents said, as the...
Students wait at a school entrance in Sittwe, capital of western Rakhine State on June 1, 2021. Schools in Myanmar opened on June 1 for the first time since the military seized power, but teachers and students are set to defy the junta's calls for full classrooms in a show of resistance. Photo: AFP
June 6, 2022
Myanmar students began a new school year on Thursday, with classrooms becoming the latest battleground in the polarised country -- the junta is...
This file undated handout photograph released by Myanmar's Military Information Team on January 21, 2022 shows democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, also known as 'Jimmy', who rose to prominence during Myanmar's 1988 student uprising and was arrested in an overnight raid in October 2021. Photo: AFP
June 6, 2022
The United Nations says it is troubled by the plans of the Myanmar junta to execute a number of citizens including pro-democracy activists. Four...
June 6, 2022
Express services in Mon State may be halted due to skyrocketing fuel prices, the operators told Than Lwin Times. At least 73 long-distance express...
June 6, 2022
More than 22,000 homes and buildings were set on fire between February last year and May 26 this year, according to the Institute for Strategy and...
June 6, 2022
Rubber traders told Than Lwin Times that rubber prices in Mon State had risen again due to renewed demand from Thailand. Rubber prices have rebounded...
June 6, 2022
The Kawthaung-Ranong border checkpoint, which was closed for more than two years due to COVID-19 outbreak, reopened on June 1 under a bilateral...
June 2, 2022
Rice from International aid groups to support Karenni IDPs found selling in a shop in southern Shan State in this week according to a source who...
June 2, 2022
A regime shell killed three people in Kalay, Sagaing Region. According to locals, the army fired at least five shells last Saturday night. One of...