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A view of the entrance of the Myitsone dam project near Myitsone area in Myitkyina, Kachin State. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 20, 2020
Many Myanmar people have a pessimistic view and negative opinions on Chinese projects in Myanmar such as Myitsone dam project and Letpadaung copper...
China sides with Myanmar in ICJ "genocide" case at the Hague. Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the ICJ in The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 December 2019. Photo: Koen Van Weel/EPA
January 20, 2020
Various commentators have offered up mixed views on the historic visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Myanmar but one message that comes through...
An armored fighting vehicle of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) drives in a downtown area of Panghsang, also called Pang Kham, autonomous Wa region, north-eastern Myanmar, 17 April 2019. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
January 17, 2020
The United Wa State Party (UWSP) says that they expect the solution for resolving fighting between government troops and northern Myanmar based...
January 17, 2020
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi met with ethnic Karenni youth in eastern Kayah state Wednesday to discuss local grievances there, the latest step...
Leisure boats are berthed at the Haikou National Sailing Base and Public Marina in Haikou, Hainan island, China. Photo: EPA
January 16, 2020
A new direct air route was launched yesterday between Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, and Myanmar's Yangon, Xinhua reported. The...
Photo: Aung Ko Oo/Mizzima
January 16, 2020
Mandalay Region Water Resources and Rivers Development Department chief Kyaw Myint Than told Mizzima that they are planning to take legal action...
Children collecting sulphur sand to make copper at the copper mine waste dump in Sarlingyi township in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 16, 2020
Villagers who live in a copper mining area of northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region have said that previous recommendations by a parliamentary...
January 16, 2020
With Chinese President Xi Jinping poised to visit Myanmar this week, questions surround what will be discussed in the closed-door sessions with...
International aircraft at Yangon International Airport. Photo: EPA
January 15, 2020
Myanmar has eased visa regulations to draw more tourists to the country this year according to Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Ohn Maung, TTR...
A man rides his bike across a road carrying toys to sell in Myanmar's city of Naypyidaw. Photo: EPA
January 15, 2020
Upendranadh Choragudi — As a global multilateral development finance institution, the World Bank (WB) Group has a significant sphere of influence...
January 15, 2020
Dozens of village administrators in Rakhine state have threatened to resign if State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi does not order an investigation into...
Rakhine ethnic people, who fled from conflict areas, at the Dam Mar Yar Ma Monastery temporary camp in Dyi NyaWaddy Ward, Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, 29 December 2019. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
January 14, 2020
UNICEF Myanmar has expressed deep sorrow over the death of four children last week when an explosive device went off while they were collecting fire...