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US President Barack Obama. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
April 8, 2016
The White House on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama called Myanmar's President HtinKyaw and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, praising the...
April 8, 2016
A MP from the Arakan National Party (ANP) is included among ministers proposed for the Arakan State government even though the ANP said it would...
April 7, 2016
Six Arakanese youths, convicted of being insurgent members of Arakan Army, was convicted and sent to Sittwe prison on Monday by the Kyauk Taw...
April 7, 2016
Three Kachin political parties have agreed to merge. The Kachin State Democracy Party (KSDP), the Kachin National Congress for Democracy (KNCD), and...
April 7, 2016
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) objected to the use of coal power for a cement factory in Mon State. Nai Win Hla, NMSP central executive committee...
April 7, 2016
Decisive actions will be taken against politicians that are involved in corruption said Karen State Chief Minister Nan Khin Htwe Myint to civil...
Chinese Foreign Minister Mr Wang Yi, left, and Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi at a joint press in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 April. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
April 7, 2016
Myanmar's foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi met her Chinese counterpart Tuesday in the first diplomatic foray of her new pro-democracy government,...
Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion. Photo: Canadian Government
April 7, 2016
The Canadian Embassy in Yangon says Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion is due to set foot in Myanmar for a two-day visit to meet with the new government.
April 5, 2016
Manpang People’s Militia coerced leaders and residents of several villages to attend a meeting about coal excavations in Lashio district in northern...
April 5, 2016
Arakan State government cabinet ministers for Chin Affairs and Border Affairs took their oaths for the new government during yesterday’s (April 4)...
April 5, 2016
The Shan State Hluttaw session was halted on 4 April, its ninth day, due to a lack of transparency in a proposal to form eight ministries for the...
April 5, 2016
Mon State’s newly appointed government ministers, the auditor-general and advocate were sworn in before the house speaker Daw Tin Tin Ei yesterday [...