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September 20, 2016
Myanmar’s parliament approved yesterday a bill to repeal a law allowing authorities to conduct warrantless searches of private homes, the Anadolu...
UPDJC meeting at NRPC in Yangon on 17 September 2016. Photo: Soe Thu Aung/Mizzima
September 19, 2016
The Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD) was reviewed at the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre in Yangon Saturday as part of ongoing efforts...
Workers in a jade mining area in Hpakant, Kachin State.
September 19, 2016
After announcing that all economic sanctions on Myanmar will be lifted, the U.S. must urgently set out its plan to support fledgling reforms in the...
September 17, 2016
Representatives of the Myanmar Military proposed to set Karen State as a pilot area for removing landmines at the Union Joint Ceasefire Monitoring...
September 15, 2016
The following is the official statement from the Oval Office. PRESIDENT OBAMA: It is an extraordinary pleasure for me to welcome State Counselor Aung...
September 15, 2016
The following is the official statement from the Oval Office. PRESIDENT OBAMA: It is an extraordinary pleasure for me to welcome State Counselor Aung...
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September 12, 2016
As many as 2,000 villagers from 12 villages in Mae Tha Waw areas have fled their villages in fear of being caught in the crossfire between the...
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September 9, 2016
The House of Representatives Bill Committee submitted a privacy and security bill at the parliamentary session held on September 8.
Child soldiers release in 2013. Photo: Khine Zar Mon/UNICEF Myanmar
September 9, 2016
The Tatmadaw today released 55 children and young people as a result of coordinated efforts with the United Nations to implement the 2012 Joint...
Lawyer U Robert Sann Aung in his Yangon home. Photo: Mizzima
September 8, 2016
Although just 12 percent of the population of Myanmar has access to the Internet, online speech is becoming an increasingly important theme in...
Rakhine ethnic people repair a road at the Rakhine ethnic Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Min Gan quarter, Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 25 August 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
September 7, 2016
The Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) says it is concerned about cuts to IDP food aid by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in parts of...
Attendees observe during the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 31 August 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
September 5, 2016
A Framework for Political Dialogue (FPD) is set to be concluded before the second round of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference,...