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March 1, 2017
Chin National Front (CNF) Vice-Chairman Dr.Salai Liang Hmung Sakhong told Mizzima that there were no ethnic armed organizations which had a policy of...
March 1, 2017
The state counsellor has agreed to meet with a key bloc representing ethnic armed groups this week, as momentum for signing the Nationwide Ceasefire...
March 1, 2017
Kayah State’s Parliament is tying to combat truancy among civil servants dispatched to remote areas by improving government housing.
February 28, 2017
<p>Three police officials have been sent to prison for negligence of duty during the attacks against No 1 Border Guard Police headquarters (...
February 28, 2017
The Arakan National Party (ANP) is striving hard to win the vacant seat in the Pyithu Hluttaw (Parliament) for Ann Township in the upcoming by-...
February 28, 2017
Local villagers living near the Taungalay Mountain quarry plants to stop the quarry as they claimed it has harmed their villages and environment.
Refugees and internally displaced persons have cited land mines as a central concern preventing them from returning home.
February 28, 2017
Despite the ceasefire pact signed in 2015 between the government and eight ethnic armed groups, land mine clearance continues to lag. The Joint...
February 27, 2017
Mrauk-U farmers are on edge as paddy prices have plummeted. Nearly 500 area farmers gathered over the weekend in a demonstration calling on the...
February 27, 2017
Trucks delivering food assistance to the displaced people at the temporary camps in Myaing Gyi Ngu are now a rare sight. Camp warehouses are almost...
Seized trucks with illegal logs
February 27, 2017
Seven 12-wheeler trucks transporting illegal logs from Yangon were seized in Mon State on Saturday, according to Mawlamyine/Thaton District Forestry...
Home Affairs Minister Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe speaks during a press conference in Yangon on 25 February 2017. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
February 27, 2017
The Home Affairs Ministry today held a press conference in Yangon about the Myanmar Police Force’s investigation into the assassination of lawyer Ko...
February 27, 2017
Home Affairs Minister Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe said it is important to catch former Lieutenant Colonel Aung Win Khine, who he claimed was involved...