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Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 15 August 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
August 16, 2016
The Union Peace Conference or 21st Century Panglong will be held every six months and non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement will be...
Hostels built for Chinese workers near the Myitsone Dam site, photographed in January 2012. Photo: Mizzima
August 15, 2016
The Myanmar government has formed a commission to examine the Ayeyarwady Myitsone up-stream river basin hydropower projects in Kachin State to review...
Photo: Phan Foundation
August 15, 2016
The Phan Foundation has announced that the winner of the 2015 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award has gone to Sa Shine, a community worker in Hpa-an,...
August 11, 2016
For the first time ever, BBC Burmese radio programmes will be rebroadcast by Myanmar’s state broadcaster Myanmar Athan (Myanmar Radio), thus...
Stakeholders and policy makers at the Policy Dialogue on Socio Economic Development of Myanmar being held in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: Mizzima
August 8, 2016
The Myanmar government’s commitment to poverty reduction and inclusive development will be realized through an overhaul of the tax system and...
Khaing Myo Htun. Photo: ERI
August 5, 2016
The Myanmar government should immediately free political activist Khaing Myo Htun and investigate allegations that the army has committed abuses...
Sittwe beach, Rakhine State. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
August 4, 2016
India plans to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Sittwe, Rakhine State, where it has already built a port. The proposed SEZ by India will rival...
Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi seen closely with security guards during 69th Martyrs' Day at her house in Yangon. Photo: Soe Win/Facebook
August 4, 2016
The Myanmar government is arranging more security for State Counsellor and Foreign Affairs Minister Aung San Suu Kyi after her name appeared on a...
A man mixes marijuana and tobacco leaves from a typical Myanmar cheroot in a house on the outskirts of Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
August 3, 2016
After a two-day debate on the elimination of drug abuse and trafficking in the country by lawmakers in the Amyotha Hluttaw, parliament yesterday...
National Democratic Alliance Army-NDAA (Mongla) and Myanmar Peace Commission hold talks in Yangon. Photo: MNA
August 2, 2016
Representatives of the National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State (NDAA-ESS), also known as Mongla, have backed the government’s “all-...
Myanmar State Consellor Aung San Suu Kyi has met with Wa and Mongla rebel representatives​ at Thingaha Hotel in Naypyitaw on July 29, 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
August 1, 2016
The leaders from United Wa State Party (UWSP) from Shan State Special Region No. 1 and National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) from Shan State...
Leaders from NDAA arrive at Nay Pyi Taw on 28 July 2016. Photo: Kyaw Ye Myo Chit
July 29, 2016
Leaders from the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), will meet with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and...