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Myanmar refugee Myat Win, 27, who lost both her legs after stepping on a landmine inside Myanmar, near the Thai border area, walks into the Mae Tao clinic grounds in the Thai - Myanmar border city of Mae Sot, Thailand. Photo: EPA
April 4, 2016
The UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon has called for action around the world to get rid of mines used as weapons of war.
Myanmar migrant workers, who are accused of the killing two two British tourists, Zaw Lin (R) and Wai Phyo (L) are escorted by a Thai police officer after they were sentenced to death at the Samui Provincial Court, on Koh Samui Island, Thailand, 24 December 2015. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
April 4, 2016
An international report on the murder trial which convicted two Myanmar migrant workers in the beating death of a British man and woman has been...
December 24, 2015
Before the devastating 2015 earthquake hit Nepal, the small, underdeveloped country had made some of the right moves to prepare for a quake disaster...
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo. Photo: Mizzima
December 24, 2015
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Myanmar’s newly appointed Roman Catholic cardinal, issued a Christmas message on Tuesday, naming the National League for...
Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) delegation meet with Aung San Suu Kyi and a NLD delegation in Nay Pyi Taw on 23 December 2015. Photo: NLD Chairperson
December 24, 2015
The Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) delegation met with Aung San Suu Kyi and a NLD delegation for about one hour on Tuesday in Nay Pyi Taw, to brief her...
Pensioners at Yangon Region Govt office Photo: Mizzima
December 24, 2015
More than 500 pensioners were waiting in line at Gate No. 4 of the Yangon Region Government Office on Tuesday to submit flat and plot applications...
Found guilty - Myanmar migrant workers Zaw Lin (front) and Wai Phyo (back) arrive for their murder case verdict at the Samui Provincial Court on Koh Samui Island, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 24 December 2015. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
December 24, 2015
Two Myanmar migrant workers have been found guilty and sentenced to death on Thursday for the murder of two British tourists on the Thai island of...
December 24, 2015
The North Dagon Township city development committee recently sent eviction notices to people living in dwellings built along Ngamoeyeik Creek in Ward...
December 23, 2015
Myanmar’s parliament should reject a proposed law that would shield former presidents from prosecution for crimes committed during their terms in...
Damaged Buddha statues in Tarlay on 26 March 2011 after the 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit in eastern Shan State.
December 23, 2015
With earthquakes, flooding and cyclones an ever-present danger, the importance of DRR or Disaster Risk Reduction education is growing in importance...
Polio alert by WHO. Here is a measles vaccination initiative. Photo: Measles Initiative
December 23, 2015
The World Health Organization has issued an alert that two cases of polio have been found in Rakhine State, according to a press release on December...
December 22, 2015
Although clashes between the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) and government troops have subsided, about 2,000 displaced persons who fled from the...