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February 15, 2017
Two Rakhine political parties are trying to hammer out an agenda for a national-level political dialogue, though they have not yet received official...
The first Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Nay Pyi Taw in August, 2016. Photo: Mizzima
February 15, 2017
Pa-O National Liberation Organization (PNLO) patron Col. Khun Okkar confirmed to Mizzima the postponement of second 21st Panglong Conference...
February 15, 2017
Sa Thu Hlaing Win, a Western Pwo Karen literacy advocate from the Irrawaddy delta region is the winner of the 2016 Padoh Mahn Sha Young Leader Award...
February 15, 2017
In the weeks before he was murdered in February 2008, the Karen leader, Padoh Mahn Sha Lah Phan, in an interview with Phil Thornton, spoke about the...
A young woman attends Myanmar Anti-Trafficking Day held in Yangon in 2014. Photo: Mizzima
February 14, 2017
7 out of 9 human trafficking cases committed in January were forced marriage with Chinese nationals.
NMSP’s Chairman Nai Htaw Mon (middle) speaking to reporters (Photo: BNA)
February 14, 2017
The New Mon State Party (NMSP), the ethnic armed group of the Mon people, will not take part in the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference, if it’...
February 14, 2017
The Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) has begun its election campaigns in Thantlang Town, Hakha District, Chin State, to contest in the 2017 by-...
February 14, 2017
A crowd of around 500 people launched a protest against the Rakhine State Chief Immigration Officer who was accused breaking the Citizenship Law in...
Photo: Mizzima
February 14, 2017
President Htin Kyaw said in his message on the 70th Union Day that the main solution to resolve armed conflicts and build national reconciliation was...
British and U.S. ambassadors meeting with KBC’s Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson (Photo: KBC)
February 14, 2017
Ambassadors from the U.S. and Britain agreed to continue the humanitarian assistances to the refugees in Kachin State, who fled due to the outbreaks...
A mosque is seen in a Muslim community within a market area of Maungdaw town located in Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine State near the Bangladesh border on December 2, 2016. Photo: Khine Htoo Mrat/AFP
February 13, 2017
<p>Maungdaw District General Administration Department made an announcement on February 9 that the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in Maungdaw...
February 11, 2017
Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), an ethnic armed group that is still in armed engagement against the Tatmadaw [Burma Army], will only take...