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January 7, 2019
Conflict between rival groups continues to create pandemonium for villagers in northern Shan State. Artillery shelling and gunfire from clashes...
People watch the last sunset of the year at the Kandawgyi Park in Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
January 3, 2019
A "Made in Myanmar" exhibition will be underway at Myawsin Island in Kandawgyi Park in Myanmar's Yangon at the weekend days, aimed at promoting local...
Commuters drive on a highway road on the outskirts of Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
January 3, 2019
A total of 473 traffic accidents on the Yangon-Mandalay expressway led to the loss of 103 lives in 2018, according to the Myanmar highway police,...
Myanmar President U Win Myint. Photo: President Office
January 2, 2019
Myanmar President U Win Myint on Tuesday called on the country’s people to give more cooperation and assistance to the government's efforts for...
Photo: Aung Than Hlaing
January 2, 2019
A convoy carrying Rakhine State Chief Minister was attacked with remote controlled mines on Yangon-Sittway road yesterday afternoon but no one was...
December 31, 2018
Truckers left hanging after an important Burmese-Chinese trade route is closed. A Burmese border crossing with China was closed yesterday due to...
December 31, 2018
Residents left hanging while the government decides if it will repair a dam that provides their drinking water. Lon Sai Long, a Shan Nationalities...
December 31, 2018
Fighting in Shan State displaces hundreds of villagers. Over 300 villagers were forced to flee their homes after fighting between Shan armed groups...
December 31, 2018
Landmines claim new victims in northern Shan State. A woman was rushed to the hospital after stepping on a landmine while picking tea leaves in...
December 31, 2018
The Tatmadaw (government defence services) has issued a statement calling on news media to only report on battle news in fighting with ethnic armed...
Rainmaker press conference on women’s participation in elections. Photo: Pearlie Li for Mizzima
December 31, 2018
A newly released report by Rainmaker, also known as Myanmar Observation Network, on the 2018 by-elections in Myanmar shows women’s political...
December 29, 2018
Farmers meet with government officials to hammer out issues over land tenure. In the first meeting of its kind, farmers from southern Shan State...