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March 30, 2017
By-election candidates say they are facing an uphill battle motivating voters in Mon State to come out to the April 1 polls.
Photo caption: A billboard in Thai and Myanmar languages announces the Thai government’s plan to waive travel fees for migrant workers over Thingyan.
March 29, 2017
Thailand has announced a Thingyan gift for Myanmar migrant workers. Those heading home for the April holiday can do so without paying travel fees,...
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Mai Na internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp near Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State on 28 March 2017.  Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 29, 2017
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday visited Myitkyina in Kachin State, one of the most war-torn regions in the country.
March 29, 2017
A 26-year-old man from Maungdaw Town was arrested for smuggling methamphetamines across the border in Bangladesh on March 27, according to border...
March 29, 2017
Speaking to crowds assembled in the capital for Armed Forces Day on March 27, Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing insisted that Muslim...
March 29, 2017
Local officials are arranging buses to Buthidaung jail so that villagers can visit relatives detained in connection with an insurgency in Rakhine...
March 29, 2017
Over 800 Kayin State teachers are being trained in Karen language and culture in a three-week workshop in Hpa-An.
March 29, 2017
A Rohingya man vanished last week when he was thought to be traveling between Buthidaung and Maungdaw north, his family says.
Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects troops during a parade commemorating the 72nd Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
March 28, 2017
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said that the country would develop only after there was stability in the country...
Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Myitkyina airport in Kachin State on 28 March 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 28, 2017
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will arrive in Myitkyina, Kachin State on March 28 and will visit refugee camps in the State.
March 28, 2017
For weeks, since the Panghsang or Pangkham meeting of seven, non-signatory of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs)...
March 28, 2017
A high-ranking member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in southern Shan State has left the party and joined the Shan Nationalities League...