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Heavily armed Myanmar army troops patrol Kyinkanpyin area in Maungdaw town located in Rakhine near the Bangladesh border on October 16, 2016. Photo: Khine Htoo Mrat/AFP
February 10, 2017
The Tatmadaw (Defence Services) issued a news release dated 9 February stating it was forming an Investigation Committee to investigate alleged human...
February 10, 2017
The Mon State government decided, at yesterday’s meeting, to drop the ‘General Aung San Bridge” title for the bridge that will connect Mon State’s...
February 10, 2017
In accordance with the decision of Members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), the national-level political conference in Chin state...
February 10, 2017
Conflicts have increased in ethnic areas after the new Burmese government held the Union Peace Conference (21st Century Panglong Conference) last...
CNDP Secretary Salai Ceu O Bik Thawng. Photo: Chin Youth Organization of North America
February 9, 2017
The Chin National Democratic Party (CNDP) Secretary Salai Ceu O Bik Thawng has told Mizzima that their party issued a Statement on February 8...
February 9, 2017
Over 7,000 internally displaced persons who fled from Mae Tha Wor area, Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State, due to the outbreaks of fighting in...
February 9, 2017
U Win Lwin, chief immigration officer of Rakhine State Immigration Office, has been accused by U Aung Than Wai, Sittwe Township Party Secretary of...
The press conference and Arakan journalists covering the press conference
February 9, 2017
The 88 – Rakhine Generation Social Development Organisation (RGSDO) held a press conference on its annual meeting at the Ariyan Hall in Sittwe at 10...
Photo caption: Five golden plates that have been recently found (Photo – Tun Naing and Mrauk U Kingdom)
February 9, 2017
Ancient gold artifacts have been found on a hill near the old Danyawaddy city in Mrauk U Township of the Arakan State.
February 9, 2017
On 23 January, the top-level delegation of the signatory EAOs met State Counselor Ms Aung San Suu Kyi and the Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen Min Aung...
Union Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Ministry Deputy Minister Hla Kyaw.
February 8, 2017
The President’s Office has agreed to the dissolution of the Myanmar International Cooperation Agency (MICA) which was authorized to rent and manage...
9th UPDJC conference in Nay Pyi Taw (Photo: Hla Maung Shwe/Facebook)
February 8, 2017
The Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) on Monday suspended regional-level discussions involving the Chin National Front (CNF) and the...