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April 21, 2016
The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Ms Janet Jackson has issued the following statement regarding the boat capsizing on 19 April resulting...
Left to right: AP’s Esther Htusan, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell and Martha Mendoza receive the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting from USC Annenberg in Los Angeles on Friday, April 15, 2016.
April 20, 2016
Esther Htusan, a Myanmar journalist from Kachin State, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism alongside three of her colleagues...
Political activist Naw Ohn Hla (C) is reunited with her friends after her release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 April 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
April 20, 2016
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warmly welcomed the release Sunday of a second wave of 83 prisoners on Myanmar's New Year, by Presidential...
Htin Kyaw (R), director of the Movement for Democracy Current Force (MDCF), a community-based organisation working to promote development and democracy in Myanmar, is reunited with his friends after his release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 April 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
April 20, 2016
There was very good news for Myanmar citizens to mark this Myanmar New Year. President Htin Kyaw pardoned 83 prisoners in a bid to promote national...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
April 20, 2016
The following is the full text of the unofficial translation of the New Year speech delivered by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor, printed...
April 20, 2016
Myanmar Army columns clashed twice with the Arakan Army (AA) on 16 April, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported on 19 April.
April 8, 2016
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday vowed to press for the release of political prisoners and student activists, hinting that a mass amnesty may...
April 8, 2016
Myanmar’s leading entertainment and media company, Forever Group, will boost its digital delivery and high definition TV coverage with a long-term...
Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, following their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 April 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
April 8, 2016
Myanmar’s president Wednesday signed a bill giving Aung San Suu Kyi a new role of state adviser, shoring up her influence across all branches of...
US President Barack Obama. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
April 8, 2016
The White House on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama called Myanmar's President HtinKyaw and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, praising the...
Chinese Foreign Minister Mr Wang Yi, left, and Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi at a joint press in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 April. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
April 7, 2016
Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi met her Chinese counterpart Tuesday in the first diplomatic foray of her new pro-democracy government,...
Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion. Photo: Canadian Government
April 7, 2016
The Canadian Embassy in Yangon says Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion is due to set foot in Myanmar for a two-day visit to meet with the new government.