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Explained: Did the US embassy in Myanmar request the public to contact them for assistance in getting detained protesters released…?

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 The military crackdown of the protestors in Myanmar have intensified over the past several days with hundreds being reported as detained so far, despite receiving strong international condemnation. On this backdrop, we noticed viral social media posts, which claimed that the US Embassy in Myanmar had requested the public to contact them, related to the […]

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No! Japanese Nobel Laureate Tasuku Honjo didn’t claim the Novel Coronavirus was made in a lab in Wuhan. Here’s the truth…

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A new strain Coronavirus which caused this pandemic has affected more than 3 million people around the world and killed more than two hundred thousand people to date according to worldsmeter.info. Wuhan Bio-safety Laboratory located in Wuhan, where the outbreak of this pandemic started, was one of the most highly discussed topics by international observers […]

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FACT CHECK: Eating Soap Doesn’t Cure COVID-19! Don’t Even Think About It!!

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COVID-19 Pandemic has gripped most of the nations around the world with the number of those infected with this deadly disease cause by the novel coronavirus has infected over a million people. It’s an unprecedented global health crisis which has brought the world to a stand-still. COVID-19 has also reached Myanmar with a lot of […]

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FACT CHECK: No, this is not the image of Hapless Italian PM crying while addressing the nation.

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Italy is facing one of the worst cases of Coronavirus infection in the world. Italy has surpassed China by number of deaths – more than 50,000 people have contracted with covid-19 and nearly 5,000 people died from the pandemic according to WHO. In his context, news about Italian officials were also popular on social network […]

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7-Year-Old Image of Ship Wreck in Italy Falsely Shared as Corona Virus Victims

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Coronavirus infection spreads intensively in Italy and has had a serious impact on Italy, which is known in Europe as a country with many elderly citizens. By March 19, more than 35,000 people in Italy had contracted the coronavirus, and nearly 3000 had died from pandemic according to worldometers.info. In such scenario, a photo of […]

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FACT CHECK: False news of military officer claiming Dollar price rise is due to less domestic production of dollars.

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On February 20, a post from a Facebook account named Zaw Tun shared a screenshot of a news article that said military personnel discussed dollar price. The news article, allegedly published by a prominent media organization called Eleven Media Group further claimed that the military officer blamed the rise in prices of dollar on its […]

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FACT CHECK: The claim of Government buying back old 15 Kyat note for 15 lakh Kyat is a hoax.

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A misleading news article shared on Facebook claims that Myamar government is buying old and not in circulation notes of 15 Kyat for 15 lakh Kyat. The article contains a video and it is being shared 1st March 2020 and has been shared by 269 Facebook users. The video in the article, released in the […]

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