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Kangyidaunk Hua Hmong garment workers. Photo: Myo Min Tun for Mizzima
December 22, 2019
The planned trilateral negotiations at Hua Hmong garment factory in Ayeyarwady Region, Kangyidaunk Township, among labour leaders, employer and the...
December 22, 2019
House of Representatives Women and Child Rights affairs committee chairwoman Dr. Khin Soe Soe Kyi said after a parliament session that those who...
1949 Suppression of prostitution act: The root of discrimination and exploitation
December 22, 2019
Myanmar’s 70-year-old antiquated prostitution law has been desperately called for amendment from sex worker community and NGOs. Under the law, woman...
People at the Muse town border gate in Myanmar's Shan State as they wait to cross into China. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
December 22, 2019
More than 240 Chinese nationals were arrested for illegally entering Myanmar through Shan state during the first half of the year, mostly to look for...
Abubacarr Tambadou (2-L front, seated), minister of justice of The Gambia, and Aung San Suu Kyi (C), Myanmar State Counselor, on the second day before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 December 2019. Photo: EPA
December 20, 2019
Abubacarr Tambadou (2-L front, seated), minister of justice of The Gambia, and Aung San Suu Kyi (C), Myanmar State Counselor, on the second day...
December 20, 2019
Chairperson of the Border Area and National Races Development Affairs Central Committee State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday attended the...
Driver Aung Kyaw Myo (right). Photo: Mizzima
December 20, 2019
A court in Myanmar on Wednesday dismissed charges against a nursery school bus driver accused of raping a toddler, AP reported. Aung Kyaw Myo was...
December 20, 2019
Villagers in Myanmar’s Kachin state are calling for compensation for farmland lost to a Chinese-backed development project, for which authorities...
December 20, 2019
Villagers in Myanmar’s Kachin state are calling for compensation for farmland lost to a Chinese-backed development project, for which authorities...
December 20, 2019
Chuqiao Chen — The Sex worker community and NGOs have desperately called for amendments to Myanmar’s 70-year-old antiquated prostitution law. Under...
A truck carries a container at the Ahlone international terminal port in Yangon. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2019
Myanmar's trade through sea routes reached over 4.8 billion U.S. dollars as of Dec. 6 in present fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 which started in October...
People walk past a garbage dump on the outskirts of Yangon on June 5, 2019. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
December 18, 2019
Deputy Union Minister of Planning and Finance Maung Maung Win submitted a plan to borrow Euro 50 million from the government of Poland as an official...