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April 9, 2026
Situation worsening for women journalists five years after coup, Myanmar...
April 8, 2026
Myitkyina Airport reopens more than one month after drone attack
April 7, 2026
Myanmar social media users react to Min Aung Hlaing’s new role
July 1, 2021
Myanmar junta releases thousands of jailed anti-coup protesters
Myanmar authorities released more than 2,000 anti-coup protesters from prisons across the country on Wednesday, including local journalists jailed...
June 30, 2021
Let Wel and Myingni Village raided by Military Council troops money and...
According to locals, the military council confiscated more than 800,000 kyat that is the village fund and mobile phones because they could not arrest...
BBC correspondent Aung Thura (top, C-L) and Mizzima journalist Than Htike Aung (C-R) walk among demonstrators during a protest in Naypyidaw, 08 February 2021. - EPA
June 29, 2021
Bringing you news of Myanmar’s crisis
We in Myanmar are facing many challenges since the 1 February military coup owing to the brutal crackdown against both us as individuals and as an...
Protesters make the three-finger salute as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup and mark the birthday of Myanmar's detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon on June 19, 2021. Photo: AFP
June 28, 2021
Myanmar violence escalates with rise of 'self-defence' groups:...
Violence in post-coup Myanmar has escalated as anti-junta 'self-defence' forces step up to take on the military, a report said Monday, warning of an...
June 28, 2021
Myanmar torches over half-billion-dollar drugs stash
Myanmar authorities torched over half a billion dollars worth of narcotics across the country Saturday, sending opium, heroin and methamphetamine up...
June 28, 2021
Two fishermen violently beaten and robbed by security forces in Myingyan...
Two local fishermen out on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, south of Ywa Haung Kone, Lay Ein Tan Village Tract, Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region...
June 28, 2021
Close to a quarter-million people displaced by Myanmar fighting, says UN
The United Nations humanitarian agency says an estimated 230,000 people have been displaced by violence and fighting in Myanmar this year and are in...
June 25, 2021
Magway region CM and five other ministers charged with corruption
Six ministers, including Magway Region Chief Minister Dr. Aung Moe Nyo, have been charged under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law at their...
June 25, 2021
Only two weeks left of food supplies for refugees in the eastern part of...
A local refugee aid worker told Mizzima that with only two weeks of food was left in the eastern part of Demawso Township, Kayah State, if they don't...
June 25, 2021
Six displaced die due to lack of medical care in Chin State
At least six civilians displaced by conflict in Chin state—a pregnant woman, two infants, and three elderly people—have died from lack of access to...
The Indonesian Navy patrol boat KRI Bontang (907) arrives at a naval base in Banyuwangi, East Java province on April 26, 2021, after an Indonesian submarine that disappeared last week had been found in pieces on the seafloor with all 53 crew aboard killed. Photo: AFP
June 24, 2021
Myanmar joins 106th joint Mekong River patrol
Law enforcement authorities from China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand joined forces Tuesday for the 106th Mekong River joint patrol, Xinhua reported...
Staff members push a food trolley to deliver breakfast at the Yangon General Hospital, in Yangon, Myanmar, 24 January 2021. Photo: EPA
June 24, 2021
Number of COVID-19 infections rises to 149,927
The number of COVID-19 infections rose to 149,927 with 3,269 deaths on Wednesday, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry, Xinhua...