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March 9, 2017
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...
Dr. Thet Thet Khaing (right).
March 9, 2017
House of Representatives MP Dr. Thet Thet Khaing said that domestic women laws should be enacted and enforced to enable Myanmar women to attend UN...
Myanmar Now Chief Reporter Swe Win speaks to journalists at a press conference held in the Myanmar Now office in Yangon. Photo: Mizzima
March 9, 2017
‘Myanmar Now’ Chief Reporter Swe Win, who is being sued under section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Act, said that he has no plan to apologise to U...
March 9, 2017
As millions of women around the globe took to the streets or rallies to commemorate the 106th International Women’s Day, the Karen Women Organization...
‘Creating Inclusive Growth’ Forum was held at Kempinski Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on 06 March 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 9, 2017
On the first day of ‘Women’s Week-Myanmar’ jointly organized by Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Yangon Region Government and...
Mon State Chief Minister Dr. Aye Zan meeting with reporters (Photo: Internet)
March 9, 2017
Mon State’s new Chief Minister Dr. Aye Zan announced yesterday that he would hold weekly press conferences to inform the public about the government’...
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a ceremony on International Women's Day at MICC-2 in Nay Pay Taw on 08 March 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 8, 2017
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Myanmar, Wouter Jurgens, has sent an open letter to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi calling for...
March 8, 2017
Security will be tightened in the matriculation exam centres and nearby areas in Maungdaw District during the matriculation exam period which will...
March 8, 2017
Despite negotiations in February meant to diffuse tensions between the Tatmadaw [Burma army] and the New Mon State Party (NMSP), Mon soldiers were...
Daw Shwe Shwe Sein Latt, Member of Parliament, Amyotha Hluttaw  (Upper House), Constituency N0.3, Bago Region (Daik-U, Waw, Shwe Kyin Townships). Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 8, 2017
Myanmar is in a period of democratic transition after the 2015 General Election. The new citizen government led this democratic state since April...
March 8, 2017
As a northern Shan State city came under attack early on March 6, with a member of the self-styled Northern Alliance taking credit for the deadly...
March 8, 2017
Rakhine State parliamentarians this week unanimously voted in favor of restarting the suspended Mrauk-U airport project.