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Hpa-kant jade mining site
February 22, 2018
A jade scavenger was killed in a slag heap collapse at an abandoned jade mine in Hpakant Township, Kachin State on 20 February, state media reported.
February 21, 2018
Women Leadership Sector and Gender Equality Workshop and CSO meeting has been held at Hotel Gabbana in Kayin State's Capital Hpa-an on February 20-21...
February 21, 2018
Three Kachin political parties have selected ‘Kachin National Congress Party’ as the temporary name for the newly merged party and discussed policies...
NMSP Chairman Nai Htaw Mon (left) and LDU Chairman Kya Khun Sar (right) (Photo: Min Min/Mizzima)
February 21, 2018
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Lahu Democratic Union (LDU), which signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on February 13, discussed...
Copy of Muse Township Administrator letter (in Burmese)
February 20, 2018
The Muse Township Administrator has sent a letter to health departments under Muse Township of Muse District in the northern Shan State not to give...
NLD party central committee member and lower house MP from Thayetchaung constituency Aung Soe. Photo: Mizzima
February 20, 2018
National League for Democracy (NLD) party central committee member and lower house MP, from Thayetchaung constituency, Aung Soe said that the ruling...
February 20, 2018
Around 1,000 members of the Tai Youth Network (TYN) from the Shan and Kachin states and Yangon and Mandalay regions climbed a mountain, which is home...
February 19, 2018
The Shan State Police Force Commander urged the installation of CCTVs for the security of the Shan State’s capital Taunggyi.
February 19, 2018
The Chin State Hluttaw Deputy Speaker U Aung Than said there is a disagreement between the Chin State government and the Chin State Hluttaw over...
Crashed truck lied beside train track
February 19, 2018
Five vehicle-train collisions have taken place in the Mon State after a train travelling from Dawei to Yangon collided with a logging truck near Wea-...
ANP headquarters, in Sittwe, Rakhine State (Photo: Photo: Aye Chan Khaing/Mizzima)
February 19, 2018
The Arakan National Party (ANP) Vice-Chairman Khaing Pyi Soe said that their second party congress would not be held in early 2018 as planned due to...
February 18, 2018
Over 100 ethnic Man Zi residents need food aids in Hseni Township in the northern Shan State after fleeing from the fighting between the Tatmadaw and...