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Myanmar border guards stand inside the Kyee Ken Pyin police border guard post near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
August 25, 2017
At least five Police officers have been killed in coordinated attacks by armed Rohingya guerrillas at Maung Taw in northern Rakhine state, officials...
Mr Kofi Annan speaks at the press conference. Photo: Thet Ko for Mizzima
August 25, 2017
As Mr Kofi Annan, Chair of the commission made clear, the Commission has put forward honest and constructive recommendations which we know will...
Bangladeshi coast guard watches as a fishing boat passes by in Teknef. Photo: AFP
August 22, 2017
Bangladesh coastguards on 19 August turned back a boat carrying 31 Rohingya Muslim refugees escaping renewed army activity in their neighbouring...
August 21, 2017
In the deliberations on the Bill for Amending the Telecommunications Law, a National League for Democracy MP moved to repeal the controversial...
August 17, 2017
There were at least 89 political prisoners in Myanmar at the end of July, the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (Burma) said in its...
An armed Myanmar police officer stands guard in Aung Mingalar ward in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
August 16, 2017
Myanmar government spokesperson U Zaw Htay rejected the rumours that the Government was establishing paramilitary forces in Rakhine State, he said...
Photo: RiA/Mizzima
August 16, 2017
National League for Democracy (NLD) party, Sittway Township Chairman San Shwe Kyaw said that the Union Government was planning to provide military...
Session on “Myanmar Democracy Transition and Media” was held in Nay Pyi Taw on 12 August. Photo: MNA
August 14, 2017
Speaking during a panel discussion on “The Role of Media in Democratic Transition” on the weekend, Ms Isabella Kurkowski, Country Representative...
Panelists - U Aung Hla Tun, Vice Chairman-1, New Media Council (R), Kavi Chongkittavorn, Executive Director and Chief Editor of Myanmar Times (R), and Mrs Dunja Mijatovic, international expert on media freedom (R-C) - discuss the importance of media in reporting on government developments and the changes on the road to full democracy in Myanmar. Photo. MOI
August 13, 2017
<p>The Myanmar government needs to work with the media to craft an accurate narrative of developments in the country, given local criticism of...
August 11, 2017
The march of democracy is unstoppable in Myanmar, despite obvious challenges, says Myanmar’s information minister Dr Pe Myint.
August 11, 2017
Myanmar Indigenous People Network Central Executive Committee member Naw Ei Ei said at the International Indigenous People Day celebration that they...
August 10, 2017
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister of Information Dr Pe Myint are due to headline a ground-breaking three-day forum to discuss...