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In this photograph taken October 14, 2016, armed rebels belonging to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) ethnic group move towards the frontline near Laiza in Kachin state. Photo: Hkun Lat/AFP
July 23, 2018
Government’s Peace Commission (PC) and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) are reportedly meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand for an informal talk.
July 20, 2018
The 71st anniversary of Martyrs’ Day was held at Zabuthiri Hall in Naypyitaw Council Office on July 19 in the morning.
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during the the third session of the 'Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong' in Nay Pyi Taw on 11 July 2018. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
July 17, 2018
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that there were good prospects of peace with ethnic armed organizations which had not yet signed the...
July 16, 2018
Minbya Township General Administration Department issued a local order by permission of Rakhine State Government to stop quarry mining near Kyein...
(Photo: Ko Paw Myo Sut Aung)
July 16, 2018
Local people from Lonekhin village-tracts said that about 100 Yaymasay jade miners (rag picker miners from waste earth dumpsites) were feared dead in...
NLD party Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Nyan Win. Photo: Mizzima
July 13, 2018
National League for Democracy (NLD) party Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Nyan Win said that what the Defence Services Commander-in-Chief...
Rakhine National Party (RNP) Vice-Chairperson Aye Nuu Sein speaks during the third session of the 'Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong' in Nay Pyi Taw on 11 July 2018. Photo: Mizzima
July 12, 2018
Rakhine National Party (RNP) Vice-Chairperson Aye Nuu Sein said at the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference that started on 11 July...
This picture taken on May 11, 2018 shows internally displaced people in a church compound in Myitkyina after fleeing conflict between government troops and ethnic armed group in Kachin state. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
July 11, 2018
Myanmar has a proud history of peaceful protests. Exercising the right to the freedom of peaceful assembly in the face of state violence has been a...
(File) Four Eights Party (8888 party) leader Ko Ko Gyi (C) talks to the media after starting the party's registration process at the Union Election Commission (UEC) Office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 19 December 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
July 10, 2018
After the third plenary meeting of the Party Forming Committee held on July 8 in Mandalay, the members decided to change their party’s name to ‘...
A surveillance plane of the Thai army crash on Thailand-Myanmar border area (Photo: Khao Sod)
July 6, 2018
A surveillance plane of the Thai army crash-landed in the Thailand-Myanmar border area on Thursday, an army officer said.
Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
July 6, 2018
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has decided to contest for the majority of vacant seats in the by-election to be held in November.
President Office spokesman Zaw Htay
July 5, 2018
President Office spokesman Zaw Htay said that among the two issues proposed under the political sector, gender Equality and ethnic minority rights,...