Mizzima

December 20, 2025
Nine civilians killed as Myanmar junta intensifies airstrikes in Wetlet...
December 19, 2025
Myanmar junta arrests over 200 people under election protection law
December 18, 2025
UN General Assembly keeps Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun as Myanmar’s UN...
(FILE) - Myannar president Htin Kyaw, member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
March 21, 2018
Myanmar President Htin Kyaw resigns
Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw has resigned his position this morning saying he wanted to take a rest from his current work.
March 20, 2018
Mizzima TV channel available from March 24
Private TV channels, including Mizzima, will broadcast via MRTV starting from March 24 according to an Information Department announcement.
March 20, 2018
Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association formed
To encourage ethnic entrepreneurs and sustainable development in their regions, the Myanmar Ethnic Entrepreneurs Association (MEEA) was formed last...
Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) troops. Photo: Mizzima
March 18, 2018
RCSS, TNLA fighting kills two villagers, forces 1,000 to flee
At least two villagers were killed and over 1,000 fled their villages to Kyaukme due to fighting between the Reunion Council of Shan State (RCSS) and...
Daw Khin Than Htwe, Cheery Zahau, and Ko Swe Win received Schuman Award for Human Rights (Photo: European Union in Myanmar/Facebook)
March 16, 2018
Myanmar activists receive EU’s 2018 Schuman Award for Human Rights
The European Union in Myanmar honoured Cheery Zahau, Ko Swe Win and Daw Khin Than Htwe with this year's Schuman Award for Human Rights, according to...
A Myanmar ginger farmer walks through a ginger field on the outskirts of Aung Pan, Shan State, in Myanmar, 19 May 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA-EFE
March 16, 2018
Confiscated land returned to farmers
The Myanmar government has returned some 385 acres (156 hectares) of land out of 1,081 acres, confiscated by the Ministry of Defense, to 82 farmers...
Electric power pylon at Biluchaung Hydropower Station in Kayah State, Myanmar. Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima
March 15, 2018
Nine million euros to be spent on Shan State electrification project
The government is planning to spend 9 million euros on an electrification project for 253 villages in Shan State (South), said Dr. Soe Soe Ohn, the...
The bodies of Phaw Gam Yaw (65) and N Kham Naw Seng aka Daw J Naw Seng (30) who were missing for over one month from Mai Khaung refugee camp in Mansi Township, Bhamo District were reportedly found in the jungle on March 8. Photos: Mizzima
March 11, 2018
Dead bodies of two missing IDPs found in Mansi, Kachin State
The bodies of two missing Kachin internally displaced people (IDPs) have been in Mansi Township, Kachin State.
Soldiers from the Taaung National Liberation Army (TNLA), a Palaung ethnic armed group. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
March 10, 2018
TNLA clash with Tatmadaw in Namtu
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) issued a press statement saying they fought with the Tatmadaw (government military) on March 8 in Namtu...
March 8, 2018
Parliament passes peaceful demonstration amendment bill
Former lower house MP Dr. Nyo Nyo Thinn told Mizzima that she believed parliament had to pass the Peaceful Demonstration and Marching in Procession...
Myanmar women walk on a platform at the train station in Myitkyina, northern Kachin state, Myanmar. Photo: AFP
March 7, 2018
Myanmar-China border liaison office opens in Myitkyina
A Myanmar-China border liaison office was opened in Ayeyar Ward, Myitkyina in Kachin State yesterday, state media reported.
March 6, 2018
Fresh fighting likely as many Myanmar military columns are in KIA...
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Information Chief Col. Naw Bu confirmed to Mizzima that fresh fighting was likely to erupt again as government...