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November 10, 2017
The United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) negotiating team ‘Delegation for Political Negotiations’ (DPN) team leader Khoo Oo Reh said that...
November 9, 2017
The government’s Peace Commission (PC) and Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) formed by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) have...
Miners search for jade stone near the heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 25 February 2017. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
November 8, 2017
Migrant workers who forcibly entered a mining area in Phakant, Kachin State, on 6 November prompted a clash with authorities, resulting in the deaths...
November 8, 2017
Mizzima Media Company Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Elevate Broadcast Co Ltd on 7 November, for cooperation to design,...
Myanmar police on the street at Alel Than Kyaw village in Maungdaw township, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 07 September 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA-EFE
November 6, 2017
The US wants a diplomatic solution to the Rohingya crisis but is not ruling out sanctions to pressure Myanmar if needed, a senior State Department...
Police stands guard near the military transport helicopter at Maungdaw township in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 27 September 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 6, 2017
It is commonly reported that the ‘international community’ is outraged by the ongoing crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Indeed, Myanmar’s handling...
Burned villages are seen from the air near Maungdaw, north of Myanmar's Rakhine state on September 27, 2017. Photo: AFP
November 6, 2017
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement has invited youth volunteers to work in Rakhine State starting on November 9 with the motto ’20...
Photo: RiA
November 2, 2017
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has visited Rohingya villages during her one-day visit to Rakhine , the first to the violence-hit state since...
An aerial view showing the burnt-out village near Maungdaw township in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 27 September 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 2, 2017
The Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security (MIPS), in a preliminary assessment based primarily on open source information entitled “Attack, Arson...
A picture made available on 21 October 2016 shows cars drive on a narrow hill-side road near Tedim city, Chin State, Myanmar, 12 October 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 2, 2017
The World Bank has declined to fund the rehabilitation of the Kalay-Hakha road in Chin State due to the authorities in Myanmar failing to adhere to...
October 31, 2017
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that the government always welcomed ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) which had not yet signed...
US embassy in Yangon. Photo: Discover Diplomacy
October 30, 2017
The US embassy in Yangon issued a press statement today which called for the end of the use of the Unlawful Associations Act after two religious...