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December 22, 2025
South Korean lawmakers reject Myanmar junta’s sham election, urge...
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
Bogyoke Aung San Bridge. Photo: Ministry of Construction
May 11, 2017
Controversial Bogyoke Aung San Bridge inaugurated
The inauguration ceremony of the Bridge Museum and the controversial Bogyoke Aung San Bridge linking Mawlamyine and Chaungzone townships was held...
May 8, 2017
CSSU decides to hold national level political dialogue
The Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) agreed on six points to be presented at the forthcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference. This six-point...
JMC-U Secretary (2) Col. Wunna Aung. Photo: Mizzima
May 5, 2017
Tatmadaw will lead in demining work
Joint Monitoring Committee – Union level (JMC-U) Secretary (2) Col. Wunna Aung told Mizzima that the Tatmadaw (Defence Services) would lead demining...
Union-level Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-U) Chairman Lt. Gen. Yar Pyae.
May 4, 2017
JMC-U Chairman urges NCA signatories to avoid engagements before Panglong...
Union-level Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-U) Chairman Lt. Gen. Yar Pyae urged NCA signatory ethnic armed organizations not to have engagements...
Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
May 2, 2017
State Counsellor leaves for Europe
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi left Yangon yesterday to pay official visits to Italy, Britain, and the European Union (EU) Headquarters in...
A plantation site in Chin State. Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now
May 2, 2017
Ending Chin State deforestation requires change in farm methods
Farmer Swae Du Hmone remembers how until a few years ago his family would have to venture into the mountains around Htalan Yong Village each spring...
An exterior view of the Headquarters of the World Bank in Washington, DC, USA. Photo: EPA
May 2, 2017
WB assists Myanmar with economic reforms
The World Bank approved a $200 million credit for a First Macroeconomic Stability and Fiscal Resilience Development Policy Operation, to assist the...
A Myanmar newspaper stand in Yangon. Photo: AFP
April 28, 2017
RSF’s 2017 World Press Freedom Index highlights increasing threat to media
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)’s latest World Press Freedom Index highlights the danger of a tipping point in the state of media freedom in many...
(File) Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (C) visits a prison facility in Cebu City, Philippines, 26 January 2016. Photo: EPA
April 28, 2017
Archbishop of Yangon reminds religious leaders about their role in...
Myanmar’s prominent Catholic Church leader on Wednesday reminded his counterparts from other faiths about their moral obligation to build peace and...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the co-ordination meeting on a national energy policy at the Myanmar International Convention Center-2 in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
April 26, 2017
Transportation and electricity sectors most important infrastructural...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday identified the transportation and electricity sectors as the most important infrastructural...
Arakan Army fighters. Photo: Arakan Army/Facebook
April 26, 2017
Amnesty calls for urgent action to be taken over death threats to...
Amnesty International has called for urgent action to be taken after journalist Nay Min Aung (known as Min Min) received death threats after...
Representatives from political parties and organizatins in Shan State are seen at the Shan State National Level Political Dialogue. Photo: IPRD
April 25, 2017
State-level political dialogue begins in Shan State
Shan State started a three-day State-level political dialogue in Taunggyi yesterday, a meeting described as a milestone and a significant step taken...