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December 19, 2025
Myanmar junta arrests over 200 people under election protection law
December 18, 2025
UN General Assembly keeps Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun as Myanmar’s UN...
December 17, 2025
Chin groups condemn Mrauk-U hospital attack by Myanmar junta as war crime
July 12, 2016
Formation of National Reconciliation and Peace Centre announced
The NLD-led government formed an 11-member National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) Monday, led by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi,...
N'Ban La, Chairman of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), signs a common agreement for a nationwide ceasefire during the Ethnic Armed Organizations Conference in Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, 02 November 2013. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 12, 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi to meet with UNFC Chairman N’Ban La on 17 July
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nationalities Federation Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) led by N’Ban La...
July 11, 2016
Over 60 human trafficking cases reported in first half of year
Myanmar’s Trafficking in Persons Division discovered nearly 60 cases within the first half of this year, and arrested 98 traffickers state media...
Photo: Thura/Mizzima
July 11, 2016
Nationalists protest against terminology
Myanmar nationalists staged a protest on 10 July with the objective of pressuring the government to use the term "Bengalis" to refer to the Muslim...
Flooding in Rakhine. Photo: Narinjara
July 8, 2016
Child rights organisation prepares flood response across Rakhine State
Child rights organisation Plan International Myanmar is preparing to respond to flooding that has displaced more than 12,200 people in 41 villages...
Abbot Wirathu talks during a press conference in Yangon on 7 July 2016. Photo: Myo Thu Aung/Mizzima
July 8, 2016
Ma Ba Tha demands government settle Ma Ba Tha ‘not necessary’ comment
Ma Ba Tha demanded all responsible persons including the State Counsellor to settle the issue of what the Yangon Region government Chief Minister...
Myanmar refugees at Mae La refugee camp near the Thai-Burma border in Tak province, north-western of Thailand. Photo: EPA
July 8, 2016
Border Affairs Ministry and UNHCR to ensure safe return of refugees from...
The Ministry of Border Affairs and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly hosted a consultation workshop on a strategic...
Myanmar State counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and committee at a meeting for the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 July 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
July 6, 2016
Suu Kyi calls for all groups to be included in Union Peace Conference
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi pushed to invite all stakeholders to the Union Peace Conference at the 21st Century Panglong Preparatory Committee...
The UN is concerned about the continued displacement of people by fighting, among other concerns. UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee, right, seen here on a recent visit to Zion Baptist IDP camp at Myitkyina Kachin State. Photo: UNIC Yangon
July 5, 2016
UN group welcomes Myanmar transformation, voices concerns
Myanmar is under the spotlight of the UN in part due to the recent 12-day visit of UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee to the country.
Problems with overflow at the dam. Photo: Ko B. Soe
July 4, 2016
Dam in Tonzang Township overflows forcing evacuation
The dam that is being built in Tonzang Township, Chin State overflowed on the weekend, so people in some villages nearby were evacuated on Sunday...
Myanmar’s record on women rights will be reviewed on July 7 in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Photo: Mizzima
July 4, 2016
Status of women’s rights in Myanmar to be reviewed at the UN
Myanmar’s record on women rights will be reviewed on July 7 in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which...
Yanghee Lee (C), the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, visits Aung Mingalar Muslim quarter in Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 23 June 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
July 4, 2016
UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee’s statement
Ms Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, made a statement at the end of her 12-day visit to Myanmar on Friday.