Mizzima

August 18, 2016
Jade entrepreneurs have united to submit a signed proposal to the Union Government to suspend jade mining and jade exports with the aim of creating a...
State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi (C) looks on as she and members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) attend a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 15 August 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
August 17, 2016
State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi left for China today at the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang.
Members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) attend a meeting in Naypyitaw on August 16, 2016. Photo: Theingi Tun/Mizzima
August 17, 2016
The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) continued its second-day meeting in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday with discussions on approved agendas for...
T Khun Myat. Photo: Nay Thar
August 17, 2016
Myitsone project study and review commission Chairman T Khun Myat told people not to worry about the Myitsone dam construction project.
Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 15 August 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
August 16, 2016
The Union Peace Conference or 21st Century Panglong will be held every six months and non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement will be...
Hostels built for Chinese workers near the Myitsone Dam site, photographed in January 2012. Photo: Mizzima
August 15, 2016
The Myanmar government has formed a commission to examine the Ayeyarwady Myitsone up-stream river basin hydropower projects in Kachin State to review...
Photo: Phan Foundation
August 15, 2016
The Phan Foundation has announced that the winner of the 2015 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award has gone to Sa Shine, a community worker in Hpa-an,...
August 11, 2016
For the first time ever, BBC Burmese radio programmes will be rebroadcast by Myanmar’s state broadcaster Myanmar Athan (Myanmar Radio), thus...
Stakeholders and policy makers at the Policy Dialogue on Socio Economic Development of Myanmar being held in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: Mizzima
August 8, 2016
The Myanmar government’s commitment to poverty reduction and inclusive development will be realized through an overhaul of the tax system and...
Khaing Myo Htun. Photo: ERI
August 5, 2016
The Myanmar government should immediately free political activist Khaing Myo Htun and investigate allegations that the army has committed abuses...
Sittwe beach, Rakhine State. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 4, 2016
India plans to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sittwe, Rakhine State, where it has already built a port. The proposed SEZ by India will rival...
Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi seen closely with security guards during 69th Martyrs' Day at her house in Yangon. Photo: Soe Win/Facebook
August 4, 2016
The Myanmar government is arranging more security for State Counsellor and Foreign Affairs Minister Aung San Suu Kyi after her name appeared on a...