Myanmar News » Ayeyarwady News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Millions at risk as Myanmar wells surpass WHO arsenic guidelines
Twelve million people in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta face serious long-term health risks from the harmful substance, arsenic, in their drinking water. The study, led by the University of Portsmouth, ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Ayeyarwady River and Myanmar Economy
WWF report on risks and opportunities from perspective of people living and working in the basin Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River is both unique and special. It is one of the largest free-flowing rivers in ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Satire report about Myanmar armed group charging for citizenship misleads online
After an armed faction in Myanmar's eastern Karen state announced the formation of the independent Republic of Kawthoolei in January 2026, social media posts falsely claimed that residents from a ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Myanmar: Junta Troops Forcibly Recruit More Than 70 Young Men In Town
Authorities in Myanmar forcibly recruited more than 70 young men from a single town in the south-central Ayeyarwady region, residents said Monday, as the junta launched a new round of training for the ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Two-thirds of residents flee Myanmar beach town as rebels battle junta troops
Some two-thirds of residents of a beach resort town in Myanmar’s heartland have fled their homes amid fighting between junta troops and ethnic Rakhine rebels, sources in the region told RFA Burmese on ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Villagers flee as fighting rocks Myanmar’s delta
Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese. War is encroaching into Myanmar’s rice-basket Ayeyarwady River delta, residents said on Tuesday, as fighters from the powerful Arakan Army, or AA, rebel ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Ayeyarwady River beside the temple plain of Bagan
Ayeyarwady River runs through the centre of Myanmar, forming a north–south axis that links the country’s uplands with the Andaman Sea. It begins in Kachin State in the far north, where the N’mai and ...
News Myanmar » Ayeyarwady » Politics: Myanmar junta pushes to restart Myitsone Dam project
Since June, Myanmar’s military government has increased its efforts to restart a massive, controversial hydropower project backed by China that has remained suspended for 15 years. The Myitsone Dam ...