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December 19, 2025
Myanmar junta arrests over 200 people under election protection law
December 18, 2025
UN General Assembly keeps Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun as Myanmar’s UN...
December 17, 2025
Chin groups condemn Mrauk-U hospital attack by Myanmar junta as war crime
December 9, 2015
Peace accord is approved, but holdout armies mean fighting will continue
The Myanmar Parliament approved an agreement called the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) with eight ethnic armed groups on Tuesday, but it doesn’t...
December 9, 2015
Yangon stock market off to a slow start
In spite of not being ready to begin trading, the Yangon stock market is swinging its doors open with an “opening ceremony” on Wednesday, even as...
December 9, 2015
Eviction notices sent to slum dwellers near Ngamoyeik creek in South Dagon...
A slum dweller and retired school teacher, Aung Htay, who lives near Ngamoyeik creek in No. 41 Extended Ward of North Dagon Township, said the North...
December 3, 2015
Climate initiatives must not include large hydropower projects – NGOs
In a global manifesto released on the 3 December, a coalition of more than 300 civil society organizations from 53 countries called on governments...
December 3, 2015
WFP extends operations in Myanmar
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has extended its current operation in Myanmar by two years to ensure that food assistance continues to reach the...
December 3, 2015
Myanmar media lawyers commit to engaging on broadcast reform
The Myanmar Media Lawyers’ Network (MMLN) and the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) hosted a workshop on 29 November to discuss changes to the...
December 3, 2015
Suu Kyi meeting with Commander-in-Chief produced good results
National League for Democracy (NLD) chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi held direct talks with Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing for the first time...
December 2, 2015
WHO and UNICEF support the Ministry of Health for mass polio vaccination
WHO and UNICEF are supporting the Ministry of Health to conduct a polio vaccination campaign in 102 townships across Myanmar, targeting 1.4 million...
November 30, 2015
Fifty-three children released by Myanmar army
The Government of Myanmar today released 53 children and young people who have been recruited and used by the Armed Forces. With this latest release...
November 30, 2015
NGO calls on British govt to call for release of Philip Blackwood
Burma Campaign UK is calling on UK Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire MP to ensure his department stops issuing misleading statements and instead...
November 28, 2015
Pestilent mines plague Myanmar’s people
Myanmar’s war zones, even in areas where a ceasefire is in place, continue to experience the terrors of conflict as landmines riddle jungles and...
November 27, 2015
Tigers fight back, now more than 4,000 in the wild
Chris Slappendel, the founder of the Tiger Trail Foundation, announced today, 25 November, that the number of tigers is on the rise again. Following...