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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...
July 14, 2016
Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing Myanmar’s Commander in Chief of the armed forces has warned military personnel to avoid expressing extreme views on...
July 14, 2016
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has reportedly adopted a 7-point agenda including a common stance at their emergency meeting held in...
July 12, 2016
The NLD-led government formed an 11-member National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC) Monday, led by State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi,...
N'Ban La, Chairman of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), signs a common agreement for a nationwide ceasefire during the Ethnic Armed Organizations Conference in Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, 02 November 2013. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 12, 2016
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nationalities Federation Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) led by N’Ban La...
July 11, 2016
Myanmar’s Trafficking in Persons Division discovered nearly 60 cases within the first half of this year, and arrested 98 traffickers state media...
Photo: Thura/Mizzima
July 11, 2016
Myanmar nationalists staged a protest on 10 July with the objective of pressuring the government to use the term "Bengalis" to refer to the Muslim...
Flooding in Rakhine. Photo: Narinjara
July 8, 2016
Child rights organisation Plan International Myanmar is preparing to respond to flooding that has displaced more than 12,200 people in 41 villages...