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A security personnel walks past European countries flags during the opening ceremony of European Union office in Yangon, Myanmar, 28 April 2012. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
June 2, 2016
The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European Commission yesterday adopted a Joint Communication that sets out a...
June 1, 2016
Social enterprise Proximity Designs launched a report on 31 May titled ‘Paddy to Plate: the Rice Ecosystem in Myanmar,’ which aims to identify the...
A general view of Yangon city with a Myanmar flag flying on a building in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
May 31, 2016
The Myanmar Parliament should repeal legal provisions that empower authorities to conduct warrantless searches of private homes and require all...
State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi (C, back) speaks to members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee during a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 May 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
May 30, 2016
<p>The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) has pledged to hold the 21st century Panglong conference successfully, agreeing to put...
Plagued by war for decades - Here Karen villagers (small figures in foreground) arrive at safety along the Salween River after fleeing their homes in April 2006. Photo: Free Burma Rangers/EPA
May 30, 2016
The Salween Peace Park in Myanmar’s Kayin State aims to turn a former battlefield into a national park where wildlife will be protected.
May 27, 2016
The Burma Campaign UK has called for the NLD-led government to abide by the United Nations ruling that Lahpai Gam is detained illegally and release...
May 27, 2016
Family members sent a pardon petition to President Htin Kyaw on May 7 for two leaders of the Mongkoe Defence Army (MDA), based in Shan State Special...
May 25, 2016
Over 50 villagers who were trapped in clashes between government troops and the KIA in Mansi Township, Bhamo District, Kachin State arrived back Mai...
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...