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Junta troops patrol in Mrauk-U, Arakan State, on June 22. (Photo: CJ)
June 23, 2022
The Myanmar military on Tuesday night released four women of more than 20 residents it detained in Kyauktaw Township earlier that day in response to...
A graduation ceremony for Arakan Army cadets. (Photo: AA Info Desk)
June 23, 2022
The Arakan Army (AA) has called on the people of Arakan State to be wary of the military junta, which it accused of stoking racial and religious...
June 23, 2022
On 19 June National Unity Government (NUG) introduced the Digital Myanmar Kyat (DMMK), Myanmar’s first blockchain-based digital currency. The DMMK...
June 23, 2022
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was denied its requests for it and prisoners’ family members to be allowed to visit prisons...
June 23, 2022
The Myanmar junta's trial of a detained Australian economist will shift to a special court inside a prison compound in the capital Naypyidaw, a...
June 23, 2022
Myanmar is rich in religious diversity but often appears poor when it comes to religious discrimination. Just ask May Phu, the nickname of an ethnic...
Myanmar refugees and their children, who fled a surge in violence as the military cracks down on rebel groups, at a camp in Nawphewlawl near the Myanmar-Thailand border in Kayin state. Photo: AFP
June 22, 2022
Only a fraction of refugees in need of resettlement to a third country are offered a spot, and the UN warned Tuesday that the needs are expected to...
June 22, 2022
People’s Defence Force (PDF) the Regional Friend Fighters (RFF) killed at least 10 junta soldiers in a mine attack on a road junction near to Phowin...
June 22, 2022
Three people were injured when the army fired three artillery shells into Hmawbon Village in Kachin’s Hpakant Township at about 11 p.m. on 19 June...
June 22, 2022
Hearings for the trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be moved to a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a source...
June 22, 2022
Min Thuta —Clashes have occurred almost daily in mainland Myanmar since the military seized power in a coup on February 1, 2021. The regime still can...
Ko Zaw Win, a resident of Kyauktaw, was detained by the Myanmar military on June 21.
June 22, 2022
The Myanmar military detained Ko Zaw Win aka Ludu Zaw Win, a political and social activist in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, on Tuesday morning...