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January 13, 2020
Peace Commission adviser Hla Maung Shwe said that government and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) were discussing when to resume the official Union...
Myanmar women carrying buckets on their heads collect drinking water from the outskirts of Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 25 April 2016. Photo: EPA
January 13, 2020
"We live in a part of the world that will be hit incredibly hard by climate change. The disruptions to agriculture and food security will be enormous...
January 13, 2020
Farmers who grow winter vegetables in Maungdaw Township, northern Arakan State, say they are losing money because they don’t have any government...
January 13, 2020
Authorities have sealed off a restaurant in Yangon that counts among its investors the brother of Arakan Army (AA) chief Twan Mrat Naing. Phoenix...
January 13, 2020
Four people including a 1-year-old girl were injured when an artillery shell hit Okphokan village in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, at around 3 p.m...
January 13, 2020
A woman from Kha Moung Taw village in Arakan State’s Ann Township has been hospitalized after allegedly being tortured by Tatmadaw soldiers, the...
January 13, 2020
A petition pushing back against the formation of a tribunal to investigate 16 drivers who were recently abducted and subsequently released by the...
January 13, 2020
Nant Khaing — Myanmar Press Council (MPC) Chairman Ohn Kyaing said that they will coordinate with Union Election Commission (UEC) for covering...
Women drag rehabilitation center in Mawsizar ward, Hpakant jade mine in Kachin State, northern Burma.
January 13, 2020
A small workshop has been opened in Hpakant to train women recovering from drug addiction in the skill of jade cutting. The Kachin National...
January 13, 2020
Recent public activities for Christmas and New Year were not able to be held in the southern Chin State town of Paletwa due to ongoing conflict...
January 11, 2020
On January 9, family members joined together and held a prayer meeting for the more than 70 villagers who died in the collapse of Mount. Ma-Latt in...
Photo by mizzima.com | JICM reaches 8-point peace process agreement
January 11, 2020
On January 8, the government met with all 10 nationwide ceasefire agreement-signatories-ethnic armed organizations (NCA-S-EAO) at the Joint...