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An aerial view showing the burnt-out village near Maungdaw township in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 27 September 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 2, 2017
The Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security (MIPS), in a preliminary assessment based primarily on open source information entitled “Attack, Arson...
A picture made available on 21 October 2016 shows cars drive on a narrow hill-side road near Tedim city, Chin State, Myanmar, 12 October 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
November 2, 2017
The World Bank has declined to fund the rehabilitation of the Kalay-Hakha road in Chin State due to the authorities in Myanmar failing to adhere to...
October 31, 2017
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that the government always welcomed ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) which had not yet signed...
US embassy in Yangon. Photo: Discover Diplomacy
October 30, 2017
The US embassy in Yangon issued a press statement today which called for the end of the use of the Unlawful Associations Act after two religious...
Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting held at Thingaha Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on February 6 at 10 a.m. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 30, 2017
The Myanmar Government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) based in northern Myanmar had meetings for five months but two-party talks have yet...
October 30, 2017
Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development (UEHRD) Chief Coordinator Dr. Aung Tun Thet said that the building of...
Dumdaw Nawng Lat, left and Langjaw Gam Seng, right. Photo: Facebook
October 30, 2017
Myanmar authorities should drop the charges against two ethnic Kachin Baptist community leaders who have been arbitrarily detained since December 24...
Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, Mr Kristian Schmidt
October 27, 2017
The new Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, Mr Kristian Schmidt, will represent the European Union in Myanmar and serve as Head of the EU...
German ambassador to Myanmar Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel. Photo: Annika Banggerter
October 26, 2017
The German ambassador to Myanmar Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel has described the situation in Rakhine state as "extremely serious and deeply worrying ", a...
Minister of Home Affairs for the government of Bangladesh Asaduzzaman Khan (R), shakes hands with  Myanmar's Home Affairs Minister Lt.Gen Kyaw Swe (L), during a meeting on security and law enforcement matters, at Ministry of Home Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on 24 October 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
October 25, 2017
Myanmar and Bangladesh reached a 10-point agreement on Rohingya refugees at a meeting held yesterday in Naypyitaw and attended by representatives of...
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo (R) arriving to attend the Rory Peck Awards 2017 in London. Photo: Rory Peck Trust/Facebook
October 25, 2017
Myanmar freelance photographer Minzayar Oo attended the Rory Peck Awards in London on Monday 23rd October to receive the Martin Adler Prize 2017...
DPN second leader Nai Aung Ma Nge.
October 25, 2017
The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) second leader Nai Aung Ma Nge said negotiations between United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC)...