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July 27, 2016
One hundred farmers from a village in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state appeared in court on Monday after the national army filed a lawsuit against them...
A man prepares methamphetamine pills before heating and inhaling them in a house on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, 20 August 2014. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 27, 2016
Myanmar’s upper house of parliament yesterday unanimously approved a motion submitted by an ethnic Shan lawmaker to combat rampant illegal drug sales...
A male pangolin in its enclosure at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Takeo province, Cambodia, 20 February 2016. Photo: Mak Remissa/EPA
July 26, 2016
Smuggling of illegal wildlife to foreign countries will be closely monitored and strictly controlled to prevent wild animals from extinction, state...
German Ambassador Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch congratulating the graduates of the Myanmar Journalism Institute in Yangon on 21 July 2016. Photo: MJI
July 26, 2016
This week the German Ambassador to Myanmar congratulated graduates of the Myanmar Journalism Institute saying they had chosen a noble profession.
July 22, 2016
Participants at the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) Summit scheduled to be held in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, have agreed to focus primarily on a...
People crossing a busy road in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, 03 July 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 22, 2016
Data on religion from the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census has been made publicly available by the Government of Myanmar. The United...
July 21, 2016
After a three-day meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the eight signatory armed groups to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement have vowed to seek...
UNFC leaders and DPN members held a meeting on July 19 to prepare for the meeting with government delegates at Khum Phucome Hotel in Chiang Mai. Photo: Phanida
July 21, 2016
The Union Peace Conference or 21st Century Panglong Conference Preparatory Committee and Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) are meeting today...
Delegates pay their respects on Martyrs' Day July 19 in Yangon. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
July 20, 2016
The National League for Democracy Central Executive Committee issued a statement on the 69th anniversary of Martyrs' Day on July 19 saying violence...
Ayeyarwady Myitsone, near Myitsone dam project in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar on 6 March, 2016. Photo: Theingi Tun/Mizzima
July 18, 2016
Just a few months before 2012 by-elections, a group of concerned citizens worried about the fate of Myitsone gathered together at a location...
Flood victims in Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region in 2015. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
July 18, 2016
Communities hit hard by the floods and landslides that devastated areas of Myanmar in 2015 will receive assistance for resilient road reconstruction...
The Tai Lai meeting gets underway. Photo: Aung Ko Oo/Mizzima
July 18, 2016
The All Myanmar Youth Conference of Tai Lai (Shan Ni or Red Shan) origin youths began on July 15 at the Buddha University Hall of Bamoh monastery in...