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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...
August 17, 2022
The Karen National Union (KNU) reported that 12 security personnel, including a police major, were killed in the fighting in Kawkayeik, Karen State,...
August 17, 2022
SME entrepreneurs told Than Lwin Times that Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have started to stop operating due to a shortage of fuel at gas...
August 17, 2022
In Mon State's Ye Township, a few students have attended schools due to security concerns since the second week of August, the residents told Than...
August 17, 2022
Junta helicopter gunships have been pounding and setting fire to houses in a number of villages in Yinmarbin Township in Sagaing Region, according to...
August 17, 2022
Myanmar NGOs concerned with the rights of political prisoners believe the recent transfers of about 500 political prisoners to other prisons is...
August 17, 2022
Heavy rains have been falling on Mon State since August 15th, leading to extensive flooding. Starting from the morning of August 16, floods have hit...
August 16, 2022
Despite closure of the country’s independent media, arrest warrants, torture, jail and being driven underground or into exile, Myanmar’s journalists...
IDPs sheltering at a monastery in Rathedaung Township’s Thanchaung village. (Photo: Wai Hun Aung)
August 16, 2022
Hundreds of residents who fled their homes for safer locations after the Myanmar military clashed with the Arakan Army in Rathedaung Township over...