Mizzima

May 31, 2017
Myanmar's military said Tuesday it was probing whether troops killed three civilians in the country's violence-wracked northeast after their bodies...
The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting of the second session of the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Nay Pyi Taw on 28 May 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
May 30, 2017
Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned Sunday, blaming ethnic rebel demands for greater...
Two Wa soldiers from the United Wa State Army (USWA) stand armed on a construction site. Photo: AFP
May 30, 2017
Seven Northern Alliance non-ceasefire signatory armed groups have left the second meeting of 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference on Saturday for...
Participants of the peace conference meet on the third day of the Land and Environment session of the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 26 May 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
May 26, 2017
The Union Peace Conference— 21st Century Panglong (second session) discussed position papers in five sectors and reached agreement for the majority...
May 25, 2017
China can continue to bring "soft power" to Myanmar's peace process, Chinese experts said, as the Panglong peace conference began on Wednesday.
Activists Zaw Zaw Latt and Pwint Phyu Latt (back) released from Oe Boe prison in Mandalay on 24 May 2017. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
May 25, 2017
Myanmar granted amnesty to more than 250 prisoners ahead of peace talks being held Wednesday with ethnic rebel groups, including two activists...
Activists Zaw Zaw Latt and Pwint Phyu Latt (back) released from Oe Boe prison in Mandalay on 24 May 2017. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
May 25, 2017
Myanmar granted amnesty to more than 250 prisoners ahead of peace talks being held Wednesday with ethnic rebel groups, including two activists...
May 25, 2017
“The opening of the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference on 24th May marks another important step in the advancement of...
A Rakhine ethnic man collects oil on the shore of Kyauk Phyu, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Photo: EPA
May 23, 2017
About 600 residents of the deep-water port town of Kyaukphyu in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Monday protested against Chinese oil tankers...
May 18, 2017
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi that China would continue to help the country achieve peace, and called...
1st Myanmar-China Think Tank Forum held on 11 May 2017 at Mangshi, Dohong of China.
May 15, 2017
The first Myanmar-China Think Tank Forum was held in Mangshi which is in the Dohong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China from 9 May to 11...
Arakan National Party (ANP) Chairman Dr. Aye Maung. Photo: Mizzima
May 12, 2017
The Arakan National Party (ANP) Chairman Dr. Aye Maung confirmed to Mizzima that they would demand national-level political dialogue in Rakhine State...