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August 17, 2021
Just when classes for children affected by the fighting in Karenni State were due to start, they were canceled because of Burma’s third wave...
August 17, 2021
Some online money transfer service providers anticipate challenges this week as banks are shuttered at the instruction of the military government...
August 17, 2021
Government personnel are reportedly inspecting pharmacies in some Arakan State townships. An official from the Department of Consumer Affairs in...
August 17, 2021
Junta forces are raiding the houses of protesters in Mandalay city, with the arrest of a young man in the afternoon of August 16. Kyaw Thiha was held...
August 17, 2021
Two bombs exploded in front of Sanchaung Court on the corner of Baho Road and Baggar Road, Sanchaung Township in the Yangon Region on 16 August. A...
August 17, 2021
For the second time, a United Nations agency distributed humanitarian aid exclusively to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the town of Mindat,...
August 16, 2021
According to family members, a 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by guards at No (20) ward’s administration, Hlaingtharya (West) township...
Photo: A man holds new Myanmar kyat banknotes with a portait of the late general Aung San, outside the Myanmar Economic Bank in Naypyidaw on January 7, 2020. Photo: AFP
August 16, 2021
The Myanmar Kyat reached record highs of 1,730:1 against the US dollar on Friday, according to DVB. Speculators turned increasingly bearish on...
August 16, 2021
Combined forces of Karenni Army (KA) and Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) clashed several times with Burma Army (BA) in Hpruso Township in...
August 16, 2021
The Arakan Army (AA) says it has instructed its commanders on the ground to avoid military problems in Arakan State at a time when the Covid-19...
August 16, 2021
Some Arakanese political parties say they are ready to cooperate with the Union Election Commission (UEC), which has announced its intention to...
August 16, 2021
Several Burma Army (BA) soldiers died after a civilian resistance group ambushed its military column in Sagaing Region on Thursday, August 12...