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UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Ms Yanghee Lee, during a press conference in Yangon on January 16, 2015. Photo: Mizzima
June 20, 2016
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will undertake an official visit to the country from...
Bop Htaw graduates in group photo with their teacher at graduation ceremony (Photo: Bop Htaw)
June 17, 2016
Bop Htaw Education Empowerment Program, the second-year of the post-ten program operated by Mon National Education Committee (MNEC), has been moved...
June 17, 2016
Members of parliament have called for the cessation of mining projects in Paung Township, Mon State, in proposals submitted to the Pyithu Hluttaw, or...
June 17, 2016
A Rangoon screening of Twilight Over Burma, a film based on the true story of Hsipaw's Prince Sao Kya Seng and his Austrian wife Inge Sargent, was...
A Road in Karen State
June 17, 2016
Burma Army and Burma Border Guard Force (BGF) troops are obstructing villagers transporting food in Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State, according to...
State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi (C) looks on as she and members of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee attend a meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 May 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
June 17, 2016
A meeting to be held between the government and the Delegation for Peace Negotiation (DPN) of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) in...
The photos were taken by Ko Tun Thant Kyaw during the floods
June 17, 2016
At least 221 houses including few Buddhist temples were washed away in the recent wave of flood that swept the southern part of Arakan. The...
June 17, 2016
In an effort to resettle and reintegrate internally displaced communities, the Karen National Union’s local officials are using funding from Japan’s...
June 17, 2016
Migrant student passing the university matriculation examination dropped to 22 % this year causing concerns to migrant teachers on the bias in the...
Students are studying inside the mosquitos Net donated by Ms. Gale, BCTFN, at school dormitory - Photo by Aya Tabata
June 17, 2016
Health workers in South East Asia are getting ready for the annual onslaught of the dengue fever virus. On June 15 ASEAN held its 2016 annual...
June 16, 2016
The matriculation examination passed percentage in Chin state is 14.36% this year. It is lower than last year record in the academic session 2015-...
A still from the film Twilight over Burma
June 16, 2016
A planned screening in Rangoon this week of the film Twilight Over Burma, based on the true story of Prince Sao Kya Seng, from Hsipaw and his...