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The 2nd Nationwide NLD party congress at the Myanmar Convention Center (MCC) in Yangon on 23 June 2018. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
June 25, 2018
Six additional Central Executive Committee (CEC) members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) were appointed at the Second All-Myanmar party...
Myanmar migrant fishermen work at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA-EFE
June 22, 2018
Over 200 Myanmar migrant workers left their weeds processing factory in Ayuddhaya Province, Thailand in protest on June 19 after they were not given...
A mother feeding her baby at a refugee camp in Kachin State. Photo: Mizzima
June 22, 2018
Some IDPs said that not all of them could get financial assistance provided by World Food Programme (WFP) as they provided this assistance based on...
Internally displaced people at a camp in Kachin state. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
June 20, 2018
Authorities in Kachin state resettled 95 refugee families in newly built low-cost housing in Waingmaw township on Tuesday evening, the first time...
Union Minister Dr. Win Myat Aye, centre-right, accepts a cash donation for families residing at temporary relief camps due to flash floods occurring in their homes in Mottama of Mon State. Photo: MNA
June 18, 2018
Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye yesterday visited Mawlamyine and Mottama of Mon State that is facing flash...
Thura Shwe Mann. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
June 16, 2018
Legal Affairs and Special Cases Review and Analysis Committee Chairman Thura Shwe Mann says he carries a licensed gun for self defence in case of...
Burmese refugees waiting to see a doctor at the Mae Tao clinic in the Thai-Myanmar border city of Mae Sot, Tak province, in north west Thailand. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPA
June 15, 2018
Four critical service grants have been awarded to project partners in Karen and Mon States as part of the USAID-supported Advancing Community...
June 14, 2018
The International Labour Organization (ILO) will adopt a new standard for violence and harassment against women and men at work next year based on...
Photo: ANSCM
June 14, 2018
A purported Rakhine national-level political dialogue which was not officially permitted by the Myanmar government was held in Mae Sot, Thailand and...
Min Ko Naing, a former political prisoner and one of the 88 Generation leaders. Photo: Mizzima
June 11, 2018
One of the 88-generation leaders, Min Ko Naing, said that they would designate land for officially opening the 8888 museum, on 30th anniversary of...
June 8, 2018
The Eighth regular sessions of Second House of Representatives and House of Nationalities which were scheduled to convene on June 8 were cancelled on...
(File) People line up to cast their votes at a polling station in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
June 7, 2018
The Union Election Commission announced yesterday that election observers at home and abroad can apply to the UEC for the right to observe the 3...