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December 21, 2018
‘I want to work and live peacefully on my own land,’ said one Demoso villager whose land was seized by the Burma Army on this week in 1991. Locals...
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey gestures while interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. Photo: Prakash Singh/AFP
December 20, 2018
“I took the time with a singular objective of working on myself…this was a purely personal trip for me focused on only one dimension: meditation...
December 20, 2018
Mon State legislative assembly deputy speaker Dr Aung Naing Oo said the Union Parliament had a plan to amend laws enacted by States/Regions...
December 20, 2018
Religious persecution in eastern Myanmar appears to be waning. Even though Wa leaders say some churches in the Special Region 2 have been able to...
December 19, 2018
Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM) Chairman Maung Maung said that over 1 million workers from the garment and fishery industries might be...
House of Representatives MP from Pale constituency Khin San Hlaing. Photo: Mizzima
December 19, 2018
House of Representatives MP from Pale constituency Khin San Hlaing said that with regard to most of the yearly loan repayments being made to China,...
December 19, 2018
Labour organizations have demanded an amendment to the Foreign Employment Law which was enacted and promulgated in 1999 because it is obsolete. The...
December 19, 2018
The Myanmar Police Force said that it had seized 1,140,000 WY ecstasy tablets worth 228,000,000 million kyats, hidden in Ma Ma instant noodle...
December 19, 2018
Two short films on the theme of Burmese people’s rights online were screened on Sunday. More than 50 people participated in this event. The screening...
December 19, 2018
Representatives from the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) and the Nippon Foundation met this week to discuss collaboration in providing food...
December 19, 2018
The Karen Peace Support Network put out a statement condemning the conviction and jailing of three Kachin peace activists claiming the action is...
December 14, 2018
As the year ends, protracted ethnic conflict has expanded into the Rakhine State. The Arakan Army (AA), a new outfit that was formed only in 2009,...