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A road section in Thayargon village, northern Maungdaw Township. (Photo: CJ)
July 22, 2022
An official from Thayargon village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township was detained by members of the Border Guard Force (BGF) on Wednesday,...
July 22, 2022
A man from the Kavi Yadana camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kyauktaw, Arakan State, went missing on Tuesday night and has not been...
Construction of the technical institute in Buthidaung, Arakan State, is reportedly almost complete.
July 22, 2022
Local residents in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township have called for the soonest possible opening of a technical institute being built near Kutoe...
July 22, 2022
Min Tun — In Vann Vi village, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, the Mro people have been preparing for an ancient ritual slaughter. The...
July 21, 2022
Two members of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) are dead and two wounded after a People’s Militia Force (PMF) attacked their camp near a gold mine...
July 21, 2022
Seeing blind people singing and begging for money is not an uncommon sight in Myanmar. They are likely to appear the most prominent example of a...
July 21, 2022
The Arakan Army (AA), despite being one of the more recently formed ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) has rapidly risen to become one of the most...
Ko Tin Tun Aung, a resident of Paletwa Township, Chin State.
July 21, 2022
A Chin State court on Wednesday reduced by one year the prison term of Ko Tin Tun Aung, a resident of Paletwa Township who had been sentenced to...
Yadana Gone Yi Monastery in Thayet Taw village, Thandwe Township.
July 21, 2022
Myanmar’s military regime sealed off a Buddhist monastery in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township earlier this month, citing possible threats to community...
Rathedaung town pictured on July 20, 2022. (Photo: CJ)
July 21, 2022
Internally displaced people (IDPs) sheltering at a Buddhist monastery in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, felt compelled to flee after Myanmar...
The Khamaung Taw free school is located in the Ann Township village of the same name. (Photo: CJ)
July 21, 2022
A free monastic school run by a Buddhist monk in Khamaung Taw village, Ann Township, is seeking donations to pay its teachers and feed the students...
July 20, 2022
There is a shortage of cooking gas in shops in Naypyitaw due to delays in licensing gas imported on sea routes. This means that shops are having to...