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Ethnic Rakhine protesters take part in a demonstration against a government push to speed up the citizenship verification process for the stateless Rohingya minority in Sittwe township, Rakhine state, on March 19, 2017. Photo: Khine Htoo Mrat/AFP
March 21, 2017
Hundreds of hard-line Buddhists in Rakhine state protested yesterday against a perceived government plan to give citizenship to some members of the...
March 16, 2017
The Lower House has approved a controversial motion urging the government to rename a bridge over the Thanlwin (Salween) River between Mawlamyine and...
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March 16, 2017
To mark International Rivers Network day which fell yesterday a protest was held at Myitsone with participants calling for a stop to all hydropower...
March 15, 2017
The second conference of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), an alliance of ethnic armed organisations that did not sign the Nationwide...
KNU 16th Congress, Law Khee Lar, KNU Headquarters. Photo: KNU-HQ
March 15, 2017
The Karen National Union’s 16th Congress began yesterday at Law Khee Lah (Lay Wah), Karen State, with the organisation expected to form a new...
U Hla Myint, seated, with Sean Turnell. Photo: Sean Turnel
March 13, 2017
U Hla Myint, economic visionary and forefather of Myanmar’s modern economics, has passed away at the age of 97. In reflection of his pioneering work...
(File) A woman walks along a deserted road in self-administered Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, 16 February 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
March 13, 2017
The escalation of a long-running conflict between Myanmar army and a Chinese-speaking ethnic armed group in Northern Shan State is affecting people...
Dr. Thet Thet Khaing (right).
March 9, 2017
House of Representatives MP Dr. Thet Thet Khaing said that domestic women laws should be enacted and enforced to enable Myanmar women to attend UN...
Myanmar Now Chief Reporter Swe Win speaks to journalists at a press conference held in the Myanmar Now office in Yangon. Photo: Mizzima
March 9, 2017
‘Myanmar Now’ Chief Reporter Swe Win, who is being sued under section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Act, said that he has no plan to apologise to U...
‘Creating Inclusive Growth’ Forum was held at Kempinski Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on 06 March 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 9, 2017
On the first day of ‘Women’s Week-Myanmar’ jointly organized by Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Yangon Region Government and...
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a ceremony on International Women's Day at MICC-2 in Nay Pay Taw on 08 March 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 8, 2017
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Myanmar, Wouter Jurgens, has sent an open letter to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi calling for...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi gives speech during the opening day of Myanmar Women’s Week Forum at the Kempinski Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw on 6 March 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 7, 2017
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi urged everyone to take the rule of law into consideration when thinking about rights for women, stressing the...