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Phyo Phyo Aung, representing student groups during talks over a controversial 'National Education Bill' in Yangon, Myanmar, 11 February 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
May 24, 2016
Just weeks after her release from prison, human rights defender Ms. Phyoe Phyoe Aung has been named one of six finalists for the 2016 Front Line...
May 24, 2016
Leaders of the New Mon State Party (NMSP) met with the chief minister and officials of the Mon State Government on Thursday [May 19] at state...
Photo: SSPP/SSA
May 23, 2016
A House of Representatives MP from the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), Kyaukme constituency, said that six out of eight charred...
May 23, 2016
Maungdaw, Arakan State - Three Arakan Army (AA) personnel were arrested by Border Guard Police (BGP) of Burma at Maungdaw Township on May 16, said...
May 23, 2016
Residents living near large scale coal mining operations in northern Shan State have called on the firm, Ngwe Yi Pale Mining Co. Ltd, to stop coal...
May 23, 2016
Lately, quite a number of non-Bamar ethnic leaders and people in general were airing their opinions that the 1947 Panglong Agreement didn’t mention “...
May 23, 2016
As part of its policy development intended to contribute to the peace process political negotiations, the Ethnic National Affairs Center (ENAC) held...
Disabled Sport Competition
May 23, 2016
For the first time, a sport event for people with disabilities was held on May 17 in Hpa-an Karen State. Organisers said the aim of the event was to...
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (R) during the joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw on 22 May 2016. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
May 23, 2016
During a press conference today in Nay Pyi Taw with visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi called on the...
DB Country Director Winfried Wicklein, Hotels and Tourism Minister U Ohn Maung, and Tint Thwin, Director General of Hotels and Tourism (Photo: ADB).
May 23, 2016
The Asia Development Bank and the government inked an agreement for a USD $3 million grant to revitalise tourism jobs in Mon State on Tuesday [May 17...
Ambassador of Norway to Myanmar Ms Ann Ollestad. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
May 23, 2016
Norway has a long history of promoting political reform in Myanmar. In the following interview, Ambassador to Norway Ms Ann Ollestad, the only woman...
NCA Signatory Groups Workshop (IMNA)
May 20, 2016
Leaders of the eight ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) who signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) are holding a five-day political capacity...