Mizzima

Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
December 21, 2016
The Joint Coordinating Body for Peace Process Funding has been formed with 16 members, and the State Counsellor and National Reconciliation and Peace...
A picture made available on 23 November 2016 of Myanmar refugees carrying children and their belongings arriving at a refugee camp near the border of China and Myanmar in Wanding town, Ruili city of Yunnan province in southwest China, 21 November 2016. Photo: EPA
December 21, 2016
As many as 15,000 people have fled across Myanmar's border into China in the past month as fighting between the army and armed ethnic groups...
November 28, 2016
Myanmar authorities continue to arrest and charge individuals, including members of the ruling party, for criticizing the military and government,...
A picture made available on 20 November 2016 shows female soldiers of Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in action during the training session at a military camp near Laiza, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 19 November 2016. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
November 25, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke publicly for the first time yesterday about the recent conflict in Shan State involving the combined forces of the KIA, TNLA...
A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 08 November 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 22, 2016
The People’s Alliance for Credible Elections (PACE) plans to monitor several aspects of the process to fill 19 vacant constituencies, both before and...
A senior officers inspects newly recruited members of the Myanmar Police Force standing in line as they take part in a training exercise in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 15 November 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 18, 2016
The President’s Office announced yesterday the formation of the State Counsellor Office’s Information Committee, state media reported on 17 November...
An aerial view of Insein prison in Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 11, 2016
Myanmar’s government must seize the opportunity to break with its grim past where prisoners were subject to torture and appalling conditions by...
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (C) delivers a speech on stage at Donald Trump's 2016 US presidential Election Night event as votes continue to be counted at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York, New York, USA, 08 November 2016. Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA
November 11, 2016
US Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Scot Marciel indicates the victory of Donald Trump in the US election is unlikely to signal major change in US-Myanmar...
Fifth Conference on Media Development in Myanmar at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon on 07 November 2016. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
November 10, 2016
As questions over media freedom come to the fore under Myanmar’s new government, government officials, analysts and media people are meeting in...
Rakhine children look at an armed guard  at the Si Taung village in Buthee Taung township, northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, 25 April 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 9, 2016
Worsening inter-communal conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar is taking a terrible toll on children -- especially those living in the northern part of...
Villagers carry belongings as they prepare to flee from fighting at Aung Mingalar village near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 13 October 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 9, 2016
The Myanmar government’s recently announced plan to enlist civilians as a ‘regional police force’ in Myanmar’s troubled northern Rakhine State is...
Renata Lok-Dessallien (left), United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Myanmar, boards a military helicopter with diplomats on board to take off for a trip to Maungdaw town's fighting area at the Sittwe airport in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 3 November. Foreign diplomats led by Renata, visit Sittwe and Maungdaw conflict area on 02 November and 03 November 2016 for the Human Rights accusations to the Muslims. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
November 7, 2016
Several international human rights groups have spoken out over what they allege is Myanmar government obstruction and harassment of journalists...