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Myanmar soldiers, arriving back from the unrest area in Rakhine state, march in Sittwe city, capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar, 31 October 2012. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
February 11, 2019
The U.N. refugee agency says it is worried by reports of people fleeing escalating violence in Myanmar's southern Chin State and Rakhine State,...
People from Kachin State shout slogans and hold placards during a protest held to show opposition to the Irrawaddy Myitsone Dam project in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, 07 February 2019. Photo: Si Thu MKN
February 8, 2019
About 10,000 people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state staged a massive protest Thursday against the controversial Chinese-backed Myitsone Dam and...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, South Korean university professor Yanghee Lee, addresses the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 January 2019. Photo: Monirul Alam/EPA
February 8, 2019
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has welcomed the establishment of a parliamentary committee to amend the...
Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: Mizzima
February 6, 2019
About 5.7 billion U.S. dollars of investment from over 70 foreign enterprises have entered Myanmar's Mandalay region so far since the regional...
February 6, 2019
Acting on a tip off, a combined team intercepted and searched a Pajero near Hteen Shuee Myaing Village and seized a gun and ammunition from the...
February 5, 2019
The Myanmar Army launched an attack on an abandoned camp of the banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) in Northern Myanmar at...
A demonstrator shouts from inside a prison van after being detained by Myanmar police during an anti-war protest in Yangon on May 12, 2018. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
February 4, 2019
Myanmar’s first democratically elected civilian government in decades has prosecuted large numbers of peaceful critics in violation of basic human...
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
February 4, 2019
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that if one wants to enter the legislative branch or wants to be a member of parliament, then one must...
January 31, 2019
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) issued a position statement dated January 30, 2019, calling for enacting a law relating to the...
Christine Schraner Burgener (C), United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Myanmar, visits a Hindu temple of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 23 January 2019. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
January 31, 2019
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar visited the country from 18 to 29 January. According an official statement, she oversaw the...
January 31, 2019
She was speaking at the ‘Invest Myanmar Summit 2019’ opening ceremony held at Myanmar International Convention Centre 2 (MICC 2) in Nyapyitaw on...
January 31, 2019
The chairman of Myanmar’s investment commission on Tuesday suggested alternatives such as downsizing or relocating a stalled Chinese-backed dam...