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December 3, 2018
Villagers wait to see if the man’s legs need to be amputated. A 33-year-old villager sustained serious injuries to his legs after stepping on a...
Eastern Yangon District court. Photo: Mizzima
December 3, 2018
Two men who used M 150 energy bottles filled with chemicals to cause explosions in November 2016 at the Yangon South Dagon Myothit Immigration Office...
November 30, 2018
Foreword Burma, a name of the country which has been used in the English language, is also known as Myanmar, after the military junta, the State Law...
President Office Deputy Minister Min Thu. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
November 29, 2018
President Win Myint presented the name of current President Office Deputy Minister Min Thu to Union Parliament to be appointed to the vacant post of...
November 29, 2018
More than 1,000 activists from 17 townships in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state demanded the right to control the impoverished region’s natural...
November 28, 2018
Soneva, the world-leading luxury resort operator, has launched the Soneva Foundation's partnership with Cleaner Climate to raise funds to distribute...
November 28, 2018
‘The government cannot effectively solve this problem of armed conflict,’ says one Shan State MP. More than 300 internally displaced people (IDPs)...
November 28, 2018
The Mon State government will provide 50 million kyats (US$31,300) for the upcoming 72nd Mon National Day commemoration in early 2019, officials said...
November 28, 2018
Ta’ang and Shan political parties say that civilians are bearing the brunt of recent clashes in northern Shan State. Ethnic political parties are...
November 27, 2018
Five men were killed and one million methamphetamine pills were seized in a clash between Thai authorities and suspected drug traffickers. Five men...
A general view of downtown Seoul, South Kore. Photo: EPA
November 27, 2018
The Department of Archaeology and National Museum, under the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of...
Imphal, Manipur, India. Photo: Zeyar Maw/Mizzima
November 27, 2018
A Cross-border road route to encourage tourism from Imphal, India to Mandalay, Myanmar was introduced on November 26. A tourism agency called ‘...