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February 28, 2017
Local villagers living near the Taungalay Mountain quarry plants to stop the quarry as they claimed it has harmed their villages and environment.
Refugees and internally displaced persons have cited land mines as a central concern preventing them from returning home.
February 28, 2017
Despite the ceasefire pact signed in 2015 between the government and eight ethnic armed groups, land mine clearance continues to lag. The Joint...
February 27, 2017
Mrauk-U farmers are on edge as paddy prices have plummeted. Nearly 500 area farmers gathered over the weekend in a demonstration calling on the...
February 27, 2017
Trucks delivering food assistance to the displaced people at the temporary camps in Myaing Gyi Ngu are now a rare sight. Camp warehouses are almost...
Seized trucks with illegal logs
February 27, 2017
Seven 12-wheeler trucks transporting illegal logs from Yangon were seized in Mon State on Saturday, according to Mawlamyine/Thaton District Forestry...
Home Affairs Minister Lt-Gen Kyaw Swe speaks during a press conference in Yangon on 25 February 2017. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
February 27, 2017
The Home Affairs Ministry today held a press conference in Yangon about the Myanmar Police Force’s investigation into the assassination of lawyer Ko...
February 27, 2017
Home Affairs Minister Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe said it is important to catch former Lieutenant Colonel Aung Win Khine, who he claimed was involved...
February 27, 2017
Kayin State villagers are lobbying local authorities not to renew the license of a stone quarry they claim has had deleterious affects on the local...
February 27, 2017
A local militia is terrorizing and extorting the public, trying to extract millions of kyat from villagers in Tang Yan township, northern Shan State...
February 27, 2017
The Karen Refugee Committee held a youth forum this week, brining together dozens of participants from seven refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar...
February 24, 2017
Rakhine State MPs are debating whether or not to restart the suspended Mrauk-U airport project, with one parliamentarian lobbying for Union funds to...
February 24, 2017
With the government’s gender quota in peace process events continuing to fall far short, the Karen Women Organization has announced plans to help...