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      Mobilizing Young, First-time Voters is an Investment in Myanmar’s Future

      The diplomatic missions of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to Myanmar, are organizing their annual Nordic Day Event on 14 February. The topic of this year’s Nordic Day is Mobilization[…]

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      Join Hands to End Violence Against Women and Girls

      Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which marks the start of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The diplomatic missions of[…]

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      Plane crash in Magwe kills pilots and child

      Two pilots and a 10-year-old school girl have died after two fighter aircrafts crashed yesterday.

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      Eight Arakanese youth released from prison after Mrauk U protest

      Eight Rakhine youth were released from Mrauk U prison yesterday, after they were detained for a protest in January.

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      Floods surge in Kayah State

      Heavy rain in Kayah State has caused widespread flooding and left a path of devastation for residents. Yesterday dozens of wards in the in the capital of Kayah State, Loikaw, experienced widespread[…]

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      Ex-servicemen protest against Facebook and show support to the military

      More than 200 ex-servicemen participated in a demonstration yesterday to show their support to the military and call Facebook to reinstate military Facebook accounts.

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      Dyanmite explosions injure miners in Hpakant

      Locals from Kachin State say they are worried about their safety after a villager was injured by dynamite blasts in the Hpakant jade mines.

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      Man shot dead in Sittwe

      A Burmese soldier was shot and killed at the Wingaba field in Sittwe town, Rakhine State last night.

    • Mobilizing Young, First-time Voters is an Investment in Myanmar’s Future

    • Join Hands to End Violence Against Women and Girls

    • Plane crash in Magwe kills pilots and child

    • Eight Arakanese youth released from prison after Mrauk U protest

    • Floods surge in Kayah State

    • Ex-servicemen protest against Facebook and show support to the military

    • Dyanmite explosions injure miners in Hpakant

    • Man shot dead in Sittwe

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      ‘All people want is to go back home’: Dispatches from the Kachin conflict

      June marked six years since conflict reignited in Kachin State, where a 17-year ceasefire between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Army broke down in 2011. In the years since, more than 100,000 civilians have been displaced, with many forced into “temporary” camps that increasingly have a whiff of permanence.

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      04:00 PM, 01 March 2021 News Briefing

      The hundreds of people waiting in front of Yangon Insein Prison this morning for the release of their families and friends who have been brutally arrested during the anti-coup demonstrations[…]

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      11:00 AM, 01 March 2021 News Briefing

      Although there were countrywide deadliest crackdowns yesterday killing at least 22 protesters,  anti-military demonstrations continue to rally in some cities such as Yangon, Mandalay , Myeik and Pathein, etc. today[…]

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      04:00 PM, 28 February 2021 News Briefing

      Across the country, a total of  36 townships  have been deathly crackdown by security forces in today’s general strike. As of today, 8:30p.m local time at least 22  protesters have[…]

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      04:00 PM, 28 February 2021 News Briefing

      It is reported that one of the bloodiest today’s crackdown left at least five people dead and many more seriously injured and arrested during demonstrations against the military coup until[…]

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      11:00 AM, 28 February 2021 News Briefing

      Despite the lethal crackdown happening, anti-coup protesters have been massively rallying today making their further general strike in Yangon and  other cities such as Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Monyar and other cities[…]

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      04:00 PM, 27 February 2021 News Briefing

      Riot police were firing shots into the air and set off stun grenades to forcely disperse the crowd protesting against the military, and had arrested the protesters including two journalists[…]

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      11:00 AM, 27 February 2021 News Briefing

      The NLD announced on Feb.26 that it does not accept the statement released by the military-appointed new chairman of the Union Election Commission(UEC) that Nov’s elections results have been annulled. […]

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      04:00 PM, 26 February 2021 News Briefing

      A meeting hosted by the recently military-formed Union Election Commission (UEC),  between the political parties was held at the UEC office in NayPyiTaw this morning(Feb26). Of the around 91 total[…]

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      11:00 AM, 26 February 2021 News Briefing

      On the evening of Feb 25, security forces forcibly cracked down on the residents in Tamwe Township, Yangon, while the residents  were protesting against the newly appointed ward administrator by[…]

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      04:00 PM, 25 February 2021 News Briefing

      One more victim died due to the lethal crackdown by the military in the Feb 20 Mandalay shipyard protest. 26-year-old carpenter Ko Yarzar Aung from Mandalay had been shot in[…]

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      11:00 AM, 25 February 2021 News Briefing

      The military council has been appointed new administrators while the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Representative Committee-CRPH is planning to form ward / village or township level public administrations. Across the country, there[…]

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      04:00 PM, 24 February 2021 News Briefing

      “The military-formed union election commission(UEC) attempts to have acknowledgement of their legitimacy from the political parties,” said Sai Leik, General Secretary of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), regarding the[…]

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      11:00 AM, 24 February 2021 News Briefing

      The National League for Democracy (NLD) will not attend a meeting hosted by the military-formed Union Election Commission, said  the NLD official  at a press conference held at the NLD[…]

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      04:00 PM, 23 February 2021 News Briefing

      In Myitkyina, Kachin state, a 5-year-old child was injured in his head after being hit with a slingshot fired from a military vehicle at around 8 pm last night while[…]

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      11:00 AM, 23 February 2021 News Briefing

      The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Representative Committee (CRPH) appointed  Dr. Sasa as Special Envoy to the United Nations to perform the duties of  on behalf of the committee Feb 22. U Htin[…]

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      11:00 AM, 22 February 2021 News Briefing

      Until the late afternoon, tens of thousands of people were pouring into the streets of the biggest cities such as Yangon, Mandalay, Naypyidaw and any other capital cities such as[…]

      News Briefing

      09:00 AM, 22 February 2021 News Briefing

      The “Five Twos” (22.2.2021) general strike against the military dictatorship began on the morning of 22 February across Myanmar_from the biggest cities, Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw to the remote areas, […]

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      05:00 PM, 21 February 2021 News Briefing

      It is widely said on Facebook that internet access will be blocked for a period of 11 hours  from  tonight 1a.m to 12a.m tomorrow. 

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          ‘You can see how long we have been fleeing from war’

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          War, peace and protest in Kachin State

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          DVB Debate: Rakhine’s troubles in the spotlight

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          At IDP camps in Kachin, footballers and future leaders

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          At least two dead as fire decimates Rangoon’s Kandawgyi Palace hotel

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          Drone footage shows thousands more refugees fleeing to Bangladesh

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          DVB Debate tackles Arakan State’s woes

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          DVB Business Debate: The Kachin conflict’s economic effects

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          Six years on, conflict in Kachin leaves youths older, wiser – and still struggling

      • Politics

        • Journalists, activists protest Reuters verdict in downtown rally

          Protesters took to downtown Rangoon on Sunday calling for the public’s right to information and the freedom of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.

        • Sagaing students protest over changes to distance education

          Students in Sagaing Division are angry over restrictions to distance education.

        • Wives of convicted Reuters journalists demand their release

          Pan Ei Mon and Chit Su Win have demanded their convicted husbands are immediately released, after they were sentenced to seven years imprisonment under the Official Secrets Act on Monday.

        • Judge convicts Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo under Official Secrets Act

          Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years prison after being found guilty of violating the Official Secrets Act.

        • Rangoon protesters arrested minutes after calling for arrest of ‘murderous generals’

          Protesters in downtown Rangoon were arrested on Friday morning after calling for the arrest of “murderous” military generals.

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        • People need to know why our journalists were arrested: Reuters

        • Ties forged in ‘brotherhood’: Min Aung Hlaing talks Burma-Thai relations

        • Thai head of Rakhine advisory body: ‘Suu Kyi still represents hope’

        • Interviewing Khon Ja, the voice of Kachin

        • ‘No changes’ under NLD, says human rights commissioner

        • INTERVIEW: Branding organic coffee in Burma

        • Talking nutrition in Chin State

        • Interview: ‘It is time to work harder and have more unity’

      • Business

        • AirAsia CEO says talks on opening Burma airline ‘have stopped’

        • As Burma’s economy rebounds, sanctions risk gives some investors pause: IMF

        • Govt adviser calls for ban on overland Chinese visitors

        • Uber sells Southeast Asia business to Grab after costly battle

        • AirAsia in talks to set up airline in Burma

        • Consortium chosen to turn Yangon’s main railway station into modern transport hub

      • Environment

        • Carbon prices too low to protect Southeast Asian forests from rubber expansion

        • Thailand, Burma and Laos in tri-nation haze battle plan

        • Debate over coal-fired power plant in Karen State heats up

        • The silent climate burn in Chin State

        • Mission to restore mangroves in Irrawaddy Delta

        • Factory farming in Asia poses environmental, forced-labour risks: report

        • Asia faces disaster from soaring temps if climate change unchecked

        • Burmese president awaits key report on Myitsone

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