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IDPs Worried Land Will be Grabbed Under New Law
December 4, 2018
‘I feel that IDPs are being abused again because of this new land management law,’ said one displaced man from Kachin State. Internally displaced...
December 4, 2018
The members are being detained in Mohnyin and are charged with violating Article 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act. Three members of the All-...
Upgrading the Yangon rail system. Photo: Ye Naing (Laukkaing)
December 3, 2018
The Yangon commuter train railroad has been upgraded since February with 54.514 billion kyat from Union budget with the Danyingon-Insein sector...
December 3, 2018
Villagers wait to see if the man’s legs need to be amputated. A 33-year-old villager sustained serious injuries to his legs after stepping on a...
Eastern Yangon District court. Photo: Mizzima
December 3, 2018
Two men who used M 150 energy bottles filled with chemicals to cause explosions in November 2016 at the Yangon South Dagon Myothit Immigration Office...
November 30, 2018
Foreword Burma, a name of the country which has been used in the English language, is also known as Myanmar, after the military junta, the State Law...
President Office Deputy Minister Min Thu. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
November 29, 2018
President Win Myint presented the name of current President Office Deputy Minister Min Thu to Union Parliament to be appointed to the vacant post of...
November 29, 2018
More than 1,000 activists from 17 townships in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state demanded the right to control the impoverished region’s natural...
November 28, 2018
Soneva, the world-leading luxury resort operator, has launched the Soneva Foundation's partnership with Cleaner Climate to raise funds to distribute...
November 28, 2018
‘The government cannot effectively solve this problem of armed conflict,’ says one Shan State MP. More than 300 internally displaced people (IDPs)...
November 28, 2018
The Mon State government will provide 50 million kyats (US$31,300) for the upcoming 72nd Mon National Day commemoration in early 2019, officials said...
November 28, 2018
Ta’ang and Shan political parties say that civilians are bearing the brunt of recent clashes in northern Shan State. Ethnic political parties are...