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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...
August 10, 2017
Masked attackers assaulted the Kyaungtaung Village chief in Buthidaung Township in Rakhine State with swords, according to the Information Committee...
August 9, 2017
People gathered today in front of City Hall, Yangon, in remembrance of those who died and participated in pro-democracy demonstrations on the 8...
August 8, 2017
The State Counsellor’s Office has issued an announcement thanking people for not joining protest camps in Yangon, Mandalay and Taunggyi.
Armed police conduct search operations at Warpait village in Maungdaw, located in Rakhine State, on October 14, 2016 as the government announced that terror groups were behind the series of attacks. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
August 7, 2017
The Myanmar government’s commission on Sunday cleared Myanmar security forces of claims of systematic rape, murder and arson against Muslims in...
Myo ethnic children looks at a Myanmar border police in LaungDon, located in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
August 4, 2017
Six people were killed in northwestern Myanmar on Thursday and two others are missing, the government and villagers said, in the latest flare up of...
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi (R), arrives at the Dar Paing Muslim Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 02 July 2017. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 4, 2017
The United Nations needs to insist on its ability to carry out a mandated fact-finding mission on Myanmar, Human Rights Watch said yesterday,...