Interview

Brigadier General Nyo Tun Aung, deputy chief of staff of the Arakan Army.  (internet)
2017-04-25
The Arakan Army was established in April 2009, declaring its mission as safeguarding the Rakhine (Arakan) peoples right to self-determination, and...
2017-04-07
The Kantarawaddy Times met with Kayah State Chief Minister L Phaung Sho last week to take stock of his first year in office, including what’s gone...
2017-04-05
As a British diplomat fresh in the country in 1990, Vicky Bowman dove enthusiastically into Burmese culture, mastering the language and making...
Newly elected Chaungzone Pyithu Hluttaw U Aung Kyi Thein
2017-04-04
An interview with U Aung Kyi Thein, a Chaungzon Township representative in the Pyithu Hluttaw.
2017-03-09
Newly appointed Mon State Chief Minister U Aye Zan scored his first major political victory in the 1990 election, when he was elected as a National...
AMDP candidate Nai Win Htut competing for Chaungzone Township’s Pyithu Hluttaw (Photo: MNA)
2017-01-18
“First priority is to aid development for farmers. I want to develop the technical sector, particularly irrigation for farmers… Second is to...
MNP Candidate Nai Sein Mya Maung (Photo: MNA)
2017-01-11
Born in Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, Nai Sein Mya Maung, an executive member of the Mon National Party (MNP) and legal affairs chief, is to...
Phil Robertson Deputy Director, Asia Division, Human Rights Watch. Photo: HRW
2016-11-04
In light of the release of the report, ‘The Farmer Becomes the Criminal’: Land Confiscation in Burma’s Karen State,” Mizzima talked to Phil Robertson...
2016-09-16
Burma’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism recently announced that it plans to turn the compound of Yawnghwe Palace into a marketplace.
UK Minister Rory Stewart. Photo: GOV.UK
2016-08-29
Visiting UK Minister Rory Stewart has expressed his optimism over Myanmar’s future and called for patience as the Myanmar government attempts to deal...
Prof. Jayati Ghosh. Photo: UCL/Youtube
2016-08-25
Leading Indian economists Prof. Jayati Ghosh and Prof. C P Chandrasekhar of Jawaharlal Nehru University are visiting Myanmar to interact with Myanmar...
2016-08-13
U Aung Htoo is the principal of Federal Law Academy situated in Mai Ja Yang Town, a controlled area of Kachin Independent Organization, in Kachin...

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