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A Myanmar ginger farmer walks through a ginger field on the outskirts of Aung Pan, Shan State, in Myanmar, 19 May 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA-EFE
March 16, 2018
The Myanmar government has returned some 385 acres (156 hectares) of land out of 1,081 acres, confiscated by the Ministry of Defense, to 82 farmers...
Electric power pylon at Biluchaung Hydropower Station in Kayah State, Myanmar. Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima
March 15, 2018
The government is planning to spend 9 million euros on an electrification project for 253 villages in Shan State (South), said Dr. Soe Soe Ohn, the...
The bodies of Phaw Gam Yaw (65) and N Kham Naw Seng aka Daw J Naw Seng (30) who were missing for over one month from Mai Khaung refugee camp in Mansi Township, Bhamo District were reportedly found in the jungle on March 8. Photos: Mizzima
March 11, 2018
The bodies of two missing Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been in Mansi Township, Kachin State.
Soldiers from the Taaung National Liberation Army (TNLA), a Palaung ethnic armed group. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
March 10, 2018
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) issued a press statement saying they fought with the Tatmadaw (government military) on March 8 in Namtu...
March 8, 2018
Former lower house MP Dr. Nyo Nyo Thinn told Mizzima that she believed parliament had to pass the Peaceful Demonstration and Marching in Procession...
Myanmar women walk on a platform at the train station in Myitkyina, northern Kachin state, Myanmar. Photo: AFP
March 7, 2018
A Myanmar-China border liaison office was opened in Ayeyar Ward, Myitkyina in Kachin State yesterday, state media reported.
March 6, 2018
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Information Chief Col. Naw Bu confirmed to Mizzima that fresh fighting was likely to erupt again as government...
Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
March 4, 2018
President Htin Kyaw said that Myanmar could export 3 million tons rice this financial year and it would be a record high over 70 years.
March 1, 2018
Sittwe District police chief Lt. Col. Min Zaw said that seven suspects had been arrested in connection with the Sittwe bomb blasts and were also...
An elderly Chin man attends the Khuado festival in Tedim township, Chin State, Myanmar, 15 October 2016.  Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 1, 2018
Ethnic groups in Myanmar are seeking the release of accurate data from the last census in 2014 to support better education and healthcare for...
February 28, 2018
MP Sai Than Naing of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) called at a House of Nationalities session for passing and enacting a ‘Right...
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C). Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
February 27, 2018
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi urged her union ministers to double their efforts in discharging their duties in her opening address delivered at...