Displacement camps receive trickle of humanitarian aid in aftermath of cyclone
05 Jun 2023
“We are going hungry, and we need food. We have no money to rebuild our houses,”
05 Jun 2023
“We are going hungry, and we need food. We have no money to rebuild our houses,”
04 Jun 2023
The advocacy group Justice For Myanmar (JFM) has called for suspension of the Japanese government’s railway projects in Myanmar, saying that such support of the junta is incompatible with a pro-human rights stance.
04 Jun 2023
because they did not provide their household registration cards to the respective ward administrators as part of preparations for the junta’s planned election.
03 Jun 2023
Some of the corrugated roofing sheets supplied by the regime for Panphechaung village-tract in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township are used and with holes, said village officials.
03 Jun 2023
Local people in northern Arakan townships continue to lack access to information as communications remain down for many in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha.
03 Jun 2023
Some 4,000 acres of crops in Arakan State were destroyed by Cyclone Mocha, which made landfall with destructive force on May 14, the junta-controlled Myanmar Alinn daily reported last month.
03 Jun 2023
In March, the United Nations agency reduced the monthly allowance from US$12 to US$10 per refugee. The agency has further reduced the allowance to US$8 per refugee as of June.
02 Jun 2023
“It is not convenient for us to live at the new location. It’s difficult for us to even ride a motorcycle. When it rains, it gets muddy, so there are things that are not convenient for us,”
02 Jun 2023
Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) have discussed free delivery of relief supplies to storm victims in Arakan State.
02 Jun 2023
Military personnel questioned some villagers and forced them to leave the villages temporarily on April 30, after four junta soldiers from No. 22 Light Infantry Division went missing.
02 Jun 2023
“Companies would not follow EIA [Environmental Impact Assessment] and SIA [Social Impact Assessment] because the rule of law is weak. It would be best not to permit any [mining] business now,”
02 Jun 2023
Southwest monsoon winds will enter the Delta Region from southern Myanmar after June 10, and will be more than a week later than usual, said U Hla Tun, deputy director of the DMH.
02 Jun 2023
Electricity supply to Sittwe and Ponnagyun townships will resume beginning June 7, according to the Arakan State electricity supply office.
01 Jun 2023
“According to our updated [data], 146 people were killed by the cyclone. Ten people were injured, and three are missing,” AA spokesman U Khaing Thukha told DMG.
01 Jun 2023
The Kachin State Investment Committee of the junta’s Kachin State government has approved a US$1 million investment proposed by a joint venture between Myanmar and Chinese companies in the state’s agricultural sector.
01 Jun 2023
Market prices as of 3 p.m. on Thursday saw 24K gold reach 3,051,000 kyats per tical, and 22K gold reached 2,870,000 kyats.
01 Jun 2023
To date, shelter and other relief items have been distributed to more than 63,000 people but there is an urgent need for wider access and assistance in distributing materials to people in need, UNOCHA Myanmar said.
31 May 2023
The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) has been given weapons and military assistance by the Three Brotherhood Alliance,
31 May 2023
However, schools in most of the storm-hit rural parts of Arakan State are yet to be repaired, said residents.
31 May 2023
Education staff only received their base salaries in April and May, and they were told that it was because of financial constraints, said an education staff member from Maungdaw.