Mizzima

August 5, 2021
A resident of Kinma village told Mizzima that Thinzar Tun, a student at a Nursing University, and three youths were arrested by the military in Kinma...
Displaced people from Mindat taking shelter in a forest in western Myanmar's Chin state, amid ongoing attacks by the military following clashes with the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) militia group. Photo: Chin World/AFP
August 5, 2021
According to local relief officials, the military has blocked the route of food and medicine to Mindat township in Chin State, only 200 bags of rice...
August 4, 2021
A member of Kani People's Defense Force told Mizzima that the military council has cut off all telephone lines except Mytel in Kani and Minkin...
August 4, 2021
On August 2, a statement was released that the Myanmar National Defence Force (MNDF) had been formed after collecting various members of People’s...
August 3, 2021
The death toll of COVID-19 has reached 10,061 in Myanmar after 330 more deaths were reported on Monday, according to a release from the Ministry of...
August 3, 2021
The United States said Monday that Myanmar's junta was playing for time with a two-year election timeframe as Secretary of State Antony Blinken...
August 2, 2021
Foreign ministers from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are under pressure to appoint a special envoy to Myanmar this...
In this file screengrab provided via AFPTV and taken from a broadcast by Myawaddy TV in Myanmar on March 27, 2021, Myanmar armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing salutes during an annual parade put on by the military to mark Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyidaw. Photo: AFP
August 2, 2021
Myanmar's junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military's initial...
July 30, 2021
Myanmar’s construction industry is reeling from the twin blows of the coronavirus pandemic and a military takeover in February, with developers...
July 29, 2021
A person close to the family of the victims in the Mya Taung strike told Mizzima that the bodies of Ma Thu Thu Zin and another person, who was shot...
July 28, 2021
Residents in Mandalay city, the former ancient capital, are concerned by gang robberies which have increased in recent days. A group of 11 men on 6...
July 28, 2021
Two people were allegedly killed when the army opened fire on the Mya Taung protest march to overthrow the dictatorship in Mandalay. At least three...