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Soldiers of Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Photo: Mizzima
October 22, 2018
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Tatmadaw (government troops) clashed on October 18 - 19 near Myasaydi village, Bhamo Township, Kachin State,...
State Counsellor Office Director-General Zaw Htay. Photo: Min Min
October 19, 2018
State Counsellor Office Director-General Zaw Htay said that the President had given a directive to Yangon Region government regarding the prosecution...
Detained journalists from Eleven media, editor in chief Kyaw Zaw Linn (L), chief reporter Phyo Wai Win (C) and managing editor Nari Min (back), arrive in Tamwe township court for their trial in Yangon on 17 October 2018. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
October 18, 2018
The Eleven Media journalists who are charged with section 505(b) of Penal Code (public mischief) were produced before the court for the first time on...
(Photo: Office of Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services)
October 17, 2018
Chin National Front (CNF) Vice-Chairman Dr Salai Liang Sakhong said that some ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) felt upset and frustrated after...
Myanmar Vice President Henry Van Thio visits the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Western Myanmar, 12 October 2018. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
October 15, 2018
Cabinet Ministers of the Rakhine State government presented their demand to Vice-President Henry Van Thio on October 12 to reduce the half of the...
DPNS chairman U Zayya.
October 15, 2018
A statement from the Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) issued on October 14 says liberty, democracy and human rights have not yet progressed...
October 12, 2018
The summit between the State Counsellor, C-in-C of Armed Forces and Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) which is scheduled to be held in commemoration...
Managing editor of Eleven media Nari Min (C) at Tamwe township courts on 10 October 2018. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
October 12, 2018
Yangon Region government issued a statement on October 11 which explains why the government arrested journalists from Eleven Media for their...
October 11, 2018
Nam Kham city Shan Youth Network liaison in-charge Sai Than Shwe has confirmed to Mizzima that Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National...
Ethnic Rakhines protested outside the Myanmar embassy in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: Arakan Youths Union - Japan
October 9, 2018
About 70 ethnic Rakhines protested outside the Myanmar embassy in Tokyo on Monday, calling on State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to release a Rakhine...
National Reconciliation and Peace Centre. Photo: Min Zaw Oo/Facebook
October 4, 2018
Myanmar’s Peace Commission wants government officials, military officers, and ethnic armed groups that have signed the country’s Nationwide Ceasefire...
Rakhine State Police Chief Pol. Col. Kyi Lin. (Photo: Naung Naung)
October 2, 2018
Rakhine State Police Chief Pol. Col. Kyi Lin said that they were investigating suspects in the murder of a member of Military Affairs Security (MAS...