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Signs for departments of ethnic literature and culture and ethnic rights protection hang on a building in Mawlamyine. (Photo: MNA)
March 12, 2017
Mon State has established offices for its Ethnic Literature and Culture Department and Ethnic Rights Protection Department, but neither is able to...
March 12, 2017
Seeking to boost youth employment, a local research agency held a consultation in Kayin State this week to discuss the role of young workers in...
March 11, 2017
The bridge connecting Ka La Ka and Kinn Seik villages in Mrauk U Township is one of the bridges that are being built on a self-help basic. Local...
March 10, 2017
The event, scheduled for the first week of April, is designed to improve the job prospects of young people and to facilitate the creation of a better...
March 10, 2017
Rakhine parliamentarians are checking up on state government projects in six townships in an effort to boost oversight and make adjustments where...
March 9, 2017
Burma’s armed forces have launched offensives against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), a signatory to the Nationwide...
March 9, 2017
Newly appointed Mon State Chief Minister U Aye Zan scored his first major political victory in the 1990 election, when he was elected as a National...
Dr. Thet Thet Khaing (right).
March 9, 2017
House of Representatives MP Dr. Thet Thet Khaing said that domestic women laws should be enacted and enforced to enable Myanmar women to attend UN...
Myanmar Now Chief Reporter Swe Win speaks to journalists at a press conference held in the Myanmar Now office in Yangon. Photo: Mizzima
March 9, 2017
‘Myanmar Now’ Chief Reporter Swe Win, who is being sued under section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Act, said that he has no plan to apologise to U...
March 9, 2017
As millions of women around the globe took to the streets or rallies to commemorate the 106th International Women’s Day, the Karen Women Organization...
‘Creating Inclusive Growth’ Forum was held at Kempinski Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on 06 March 2017. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
March 9, 2017
On the first day of ‘Women’s Week-Myanmar’ jointly organized by Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, Yangon Region Government and...
Mon State Chief Minister Dr. Aye Zan meeting with reporters (Photo: Internet)
March 9, 2017
Mon State’s new Chief Minister Dr. Aye Zan announced yesterday that he would hold weekly press conferences to inform the public about the government’...