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February 21, 2019
Ma Thay, a refugee from Ban Mae La camp, receives non-food items(NFIs) before a departure to Myanmar during the voluntary repatriation, 20 February...
February 21, 2019
Myanmar hosted a two-day workshop on heritage sites management in Lancang-Mekong countries in its ancient city of Bagan on Wednesday, Xinhua reported...
February 21, 2019
The Kachin State government gave permission for small-scale gold extraction to begin in six of the state’s 18 townships on Wednesday. A ceremony...
February 21, 2019
Ethnic Kachin people in Hpakant, Kachin State, formed a leadership body on Monday —known as the Indigenous Rights Group of Mungnawk Hkawng Uru Ga—...
February 20, 2019
The Myanmar Government and the UN’s agriculture agency signed on Tuesday a multi-year agreement that will create conditions to help improve nutrition...
State Counsellor attends 1st meeting of Steering Committee for Implementation of BRI. Photo: Myanmar State Counsellor Office
February 20, 2019
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could bring opportunities to Myanmar and the region, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a...
Officials attend a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the NCA signing in Nay Pyi Taw on October 15. Aung Khant/The Myanmar TimesOfficials attend a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the NCA signing in Nay Pyi Taw on October 15. Aung Khant/The Myanmar Times
February 20, 2019
In the second in a two-part interview with RCSS/SSA Secretary (2) Col Sai Nguen, SHAN discusses Burma’s various ceasefires.
AsiaNews : Thousands of Buddhist residents of Arakan State
February 20, 2019
When the authorities consisting police and immigration officials detained and interrogated a large number of returnee monks from Sittwe, Arakan State...
February 20, 2019
A secretary in the Chin National Front (CNF) has said that intensified fighting between the Burmese military and the Arakan Army (AA) could be...
February 20, 2019
India has deployed members of its security forces to its border with Burma due to intensifying clashes between the Burma Army and the Arakan Army (AA...
February 20, 2019
The Hakha-based Community Care for Emergency Response and Rehabilitation (CCERR) has announced it will provide assistance to internally displaced...
UK agency calls for most vulnerable to be given a say in Myanmar’s future
February 20, 2019
British Secretary of State for International Development, Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt arrives at 10 Downing Street for a cabinet...