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Burned villages are seen from the air near Maungdaw, north of Myanmar's Rakhine state on September 27, 2017. Photo: AFP
November 6, 2017
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement has invited youth volunteers to work in Rakhine State starting on November 9 with the motto ’20...
Myanmar police on the street at Alel Than Kyaw village in Maungdaw township, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 07 September 2017. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA-EFE
November 6, 2017
The US wants a diplomatic solution to the Rohingya crisis but is not ruling out sanctions to pressure Myanmar if needed, a senior State Department...
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...
Photo: RiA
November 2, 2017
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has visited Rohingya villages during her one-day visit to Rakhine , the first to the violence-hit state since...
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...
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...
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...
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...