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January 25, 2020
The special appeal by Dr Aye Maung and Arakanese author Wai Hin Aung was rejected today by the Supreme Court of Myanmar. Even after the rejection of...
Photo - Training of constitution and election-related information (MNA)
January 25, 2020
In an effort to educate young people and the public about the upcoming 2020 election and the Myanmar Constitution a variety of groups came together...
Photo- The meeting of Democratic Force and Ethnic Political Party (Thanlwin Khat)
January 25, 2020
Social rehabilitation and development sectors can advance if peacebuilding can be achieved, noted ed a senior official of the Mon Unity Party. “There...
Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres attends a press conference on the International Libya Conference in Berlin, Germany, 19 January 2020. Photo: EPA
January 25, 2020
The UN Secretary General’s office has today issued a statement in response to the Order of the International Court of Justice on the Request for the...
A labourer works on an electric power pole to modify and maintain the high voltage power cables in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
January 25, 2020
Mandalay Electricity Supply Corporation, Electricity Supply Enterprise, Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MoEE) and Hitachi Soe Electric &...
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Tamu near Indo-Myanmar border on January 23. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
January 25, 2020
Soe Thu Aung — State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that the state would not let any organization which harms public safety and security go scot...
(File) Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives for the second day of hearing on the Rohingya genocide case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 December 2019. Photo: EPA
January 25, 2020
The following is the statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling ‘Myanmar Takes...
January 25, 2020
An extension to the academic year by one month put forward by the Ministry of Education has been contested by teachers who say it is “overloading”...
January 25, 2020
The Sittwe District Court will rule on January 24 in a case involving 13 people who have been on trial for more than nine months, facing charges...
January 25, 2020
The Arakan Army has denied an accusation made by the Tatmadaw that the ethnic armed group this week set fire to a motor vehicle and abducted the...
Jade mine collapse in Nam Maw in Hpakant killed one on Jan. 20, 2020.
January 25, 2020
Local authorities confirmed that a 54-year-old man was killed while picking jade during a landslide in Hpakant this week. The incident occurred at...
(Photo - Myanmar State Counsellor Office)
January 24, 2020
The President’s Office has forwarded a final report of the Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief so that...