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Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) (Photo: Subir Bhaumik)
September 9, 2017
<p>"Come what may, regardless of who likes us or not, we will report the truth," Aye Chan Naing, executive director of the Democratic...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Photo: EPA
September 8, 2017
<p>Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Thursday afternoon broke his vow to remain silent on public affairs out of &lsquo;profound sadness...
Journalists Aye Nai (L) and Lawi Weng speak to journalists from inside a prisoner transport vehicle outside the courthouse in Hsipaw in Shan State on July 28, 2017. Photo: AFP
September 8, 2017
<p>In an open letter to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Reporters Without Borders (RSF, also known under its French name Reporters sans...
September 8, 2017
<p>Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) Chairman Gen. Yawd Serk said that he would meet State Counsellor Aung San Suu...
Civilians cross the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier near Rakhine to the sound of gunfire on August 26, 2017. Photo: Sam Jahan/AFP
September 7, 2017
The Myanmar government is planning to mend and expand border fencing in troubled Rakhine State along the border with Bangladesh.
September 6, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday.
September 6, 2017
Eight ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) which signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are holding a meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand to adopt...
September 5, 2017
The BBC's Burmese language service on Monday said it was pulling a broadcasting deal with a popular Myanmar television channel citing "censorship",...
Workers use heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 25 February 2017. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
September 4, 2017
Efforts are being made to pursue more environmentally friendly practices in the Lonkhin-Hpakant Gems Tract in cooperation with local companies.
Workers use heavy earth-excavators at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 25 February 2017. Photo: La Min Tun/EPA
September 4, 2017
Efforts are being made to pursue more environmentally friendly practices in the Lonkhin-Hpakant Gems Tract in cooperation with local companies.
Participants at the forum. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
September 4, 2017
At a forum held in Yangon to celebrate and discuss 70 years of India-Myanmar relations, a key message to come out being the need to substantially...
Smoke rises from Sein Nyin Pya village in Buthidaung township on 30 August 2017. Photo: Ko Wai Hin Aung
September 4, 2017
The following is a statement issued by a collection of INGOs that have been working in Myanmar regarding the violence in Rakhine State: