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A view of ancient pagodas during the sunrise in Bagan, the ancient temple city of Myanmar, Mandalay region, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 4, 2019
Myanmar expects to receive more visitors this year after eased visa restrictions for Western tourists take effect in October, Thailand’s The Nation...
July 4, 2019
The formation follows similar moves in Chin and Kachin states and various regions. The Mon State parliament approved the formation of the Ministry of...
July 4, 2019
I am really surprised that the NLD government… hasn’t said anything about the brutal actions of the army,’ a Rakhine civilian says. A civilian who...
July 4, 2019
In the case of 13 people from Shin Let Wa village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, who have been charged under section 17 (1) and (2) of the...
July 4, 2019
The Kyaukphyu Rural Development Association (KRDA), a local organization in Arakan State, on 30 June released a report that addressed local residents...
July 4, 2019
Nearly 300 acres of farmland in Pabechaung village in Kyauktaw Township cannot be cultivated to grow paddy because No.539 Light Infantry Regiment,...
July 3, 2019
Local residents from Kan Pyin village who returned from IDP camps in the Buthidaung downtown area to work on their village farmland have been...
July 3, 2019
A group of Rakhine Youth demonstrated the performance with the aim of calling for justice following the death of innocent Rakhine civilians by (...
July 3, 2019
Torrential rainfall in Arakan State has produced floods in one hundred houses in Sin Baw Kaing IDP camp in Mrauk-U Township, according to relief...
US Deputy Chief of Mission Mr George Sibley speaks at the event. Photo: U.S. Embassy Rangoon
July 3, 2019
US Deputy Chief of Mission Mr George Sibley explained the differences between ultra-nationalists and nationalists at a joint ceremony cementing a...
Villagers protesting. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
July 3, 2019
Four villagers in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region were sentenced to 14 months in prison with hard labour Tuesday for their roles in a July 2018...
July 3, 2019
Arakanese youths presented a live performance in Sittwe’s U Ottama park on Tuesday as a way to denounce civilians’ deaths during the Tatmadaw’s...