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The Irrawaddy charts the fluctuations in Myanmar's key economic and social indicators—GDP, FDI, current account, trade volume and inflation, as well as rankings in corruption, press

A crowd met the state counselor in Myeik with signs urging her to sack the local chief minister and regional NLD chief, who they accuse of corruption and nepotism.

The military says RCSS members seized equipment travelling with two commanders while collecting money from motorists in eastern Shan State on Tuesday.

“I don’t want to see fighting. I want to live a peaceful life. I am not afraid of soldiers, but I am afraid of guns,” said Daw Khin Mar Swe, the headmistress of Nanpyin Villa

The military-backed USDP wants just one change to the charter, and it has nothing to do with curbing the special privileges it grants the armed forces.

In video address, he urges Arakanese everywhere to return to Rakhine and join ‘revolution’

Police looking for 2 men seen leaving home of GAD official in Minbya Township

The group has given its first Kachin human rights awards to three Kachin community leaders serving six-month jail sentences over an anti-war protest.

"It's about improving access of smallholder farmers to knowledge, technology and capital," said Ben Warren, head of strategy and finance at Proximity Designs.

More than 500 people fled their homes after fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army skirted their village, a local official and resident said.