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April 11, 2026
Min Aung Hlaing inaugurated as president of Myanmar’s quasi-civilian...
April 10, 2026
Indonesian court accepts genocide complaint against Myanmar’s new president
April 9, 2026
Situation worsening for women journalists five years after coup, Myanmar...
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
Myanmar State Counsellor reports on her experiences in the ‘genocide’ case...
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
No security threat to State Counsellor during Rakhine tour - Official
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
‘Victoria’ rape case charges dismissed
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 call for compensation for Namjim Industrial Zone land losses
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 call for compensation for Namjim Industrial Zone land losses
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
Prostitution law - the root of discrimination and exploitation
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 sea trade reaches over 4.8 billion U.S. dollars
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
Euro 50 million loan proposal submitted to parliament for waste management
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...
House of Nationalities (upper house) Immigration, domestic/immigrant domestic workers affairs committee chairman Kyaw Htwe.
December 18, 2019
Domestic workers law could be enacted next year
House of Nationalities (upper house) Immigration, domestic/immigrant domestic workers affairs committee chairman Kyaw Htwe said that they were trying...
A general view of a Rohingya refugees' makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2019
Bangladesh repatriation could be delayed
The Myanmar government will not push for the much-delayed repatriation of Rohingya refugees living for more than two years in displacement camps in...
December 18, 2019
6.6 kilograms of heroin seized in Shan State
Myanmar police seized 6.6 kilograms of heroin and some stimulants in Shan state, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse...
December 16, 2019
Chin CSOs demand immediate arrest of murderer who shot a teacher dead
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Chin State demanded action against a murderer who shot an ethnic Chin primary school teacher dead on November...