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Phyo Phyo Aung, representing student groups during talks over a controversial 'National Education Bill' in Yangon, Myanmar, 11 February 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
May 24, 2016
Just weeks after her release from prison, human rights defender Ms. Phyoe Phyoe Aung has been named one of six finalists for the 2016 Front Line...
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May 23, 2016
A House of Representatives MP from the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), Kyaukme constituency, said that six out of eight charred...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during the joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on 22 May 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
May 23, 2016
During a press conference today in Nay Pyi Taw with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi called on the...
May 18, 2016
The UNAIDS country coordinator has urged the Myanmar government, legislative bodies and people, not to discriminate against the LGBT community and to...
Jade mine in Phar Kant, Kachin. Photo: Mizzima
May 13, 2016
New laws will soon be enacted to restrict jade production within the Lonekhin and Hpakant mining blocks in Kachin State, state media reported on 12...
US ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel speaks at the American Center in Yangon on 10 May, 2016. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
May 13, 2016
The new US ambassador to Myanmar H.E. Mr. Scot Marciel reportedly said that he would be cautious in using the term ‘Rohingya’ which was not liked by...
U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel speaks at the American Center in Yangon on 10 May, 2016. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
May 12, 2016
Without using the word “Rohingya” directly, U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel underlined the right to self-identity for the Rohingya minority in Rakhine...
War victims who fled from the conflict zone, receive clothes and footware as they gather in a monastery which is being set up as a temporary refugee camp in Kyaukme, northern Shan State, Myanmar, 20 February 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
May 11, 2016
On 7-8 May 2016, an estimated 1,600 people left their villages in Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships in Shan State following heightened tensions between...
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May 11, 2016
Residents in the Myitsone Dam project area have urged President Htin Kyaw and the new government to end the Myitsone project so that relocated...
Thai Foreign Minister Pramudwinai (L) and Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (R) at a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Myanmar) in Nay Pyi Taw on 9 May 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
May 11, 2016
Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi said the Government has plans to take care of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.
Rohingya children play during rain at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp near Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 22 March 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
May 10, 2016
U.S. President Barack Obama should renew sanctions authority on Myanmar for at least another year due to ongoing egregious human rights violations...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi chairs the coordination meeting on the formation of the National Reconciliation and Peace Centre (NRPC). Photo: MNA
May 10, 2016
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed the need to focus on the participation of all stakeholders in the country’s national reconciliation...