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June 23, 2016
Villagers in Karen State are less than ecstatic that more than 232 acres of farmland, confiscated by the Burma Army and other government officials...
Hong Sar/Mizzima
June 23, 2016
The European Union held a press conference at Sule Shangri-La Hotel on 22 June 2016 to introduce its new policy on Myanmar called "Elements for an EU...
June 23, 2016
The Mon State Government have been supplied with UNICEF-funded Mon textbooks aimed at state-run schools across Mon State and other areas in Mon...
June 23, 2016
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) called on the Burma Army to stop offensives and military expansion in ethnic areas before holding the 21st Century...
The view of Maungdaw main Road
June 22, 2016
A working group of the Central Committee for Implementation of Peace and Development in Rakhine State, held a meeting with Rohingyas for organizing...
June 22, 2016
The Mon State Government will replace the ‘Bop Htaw’ statue at the roundabout near the Thanlwin [Salween] Bridge, the entrance to Mon State’s capital...
June 22, 2016
Residents of southern Shan State’s Panglong sub-township have called on the newly elected government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD)...
June 22, 2016
300,000 Rohingya living in the Cox’s Bazar district belong to 37,000 families - 20,000 exclusively Rohingya families and 17,000 mixed with...
June 22, 2016
Foot-and- mouth disease broke out in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State on 11 June and has caused acute difficulties for paddy farmers in the areas,...
June 22, 2016
Bangladesh has decided to handle Burma “very softly” in handling for Rohingya issue and would not raise any issues that may displease Burma after...
June 21, 2016
The Mon National Party (MNP) has urged the Mon State Chief Minister to withdraw the proposed issuing of household documents to migrant workers in an...
Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Ms Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. Photo: MNA
June 21, 2016
Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Ms Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...