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EU Ambassador Roland Kobia, left, discusses the EU-Myanmar programme with Mizzima Editor in Chief Soe Myint, right. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
July 26, 2016
European Union Ambassador Roland Kobia is upbeat about prospects of stepped up engagement between the EU and Myanmar following the new Myanmar...
July 26, 2016
In a surprise move, Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo, the serving chief of Burma’s military intelligence, confirmed on 20 July that government soldiers were indeed...
German Ambassador Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch congratulating the graduates of the Myanmar Journalism Institute in Yangon on 21 July 2016. Photo: MJI
July 26, 2016
This week the German Ambassador to Myanmar congratulated graduates of the Myanmar Journalism Institute saying they had chosen a noble profession.
July 26, 2016
Dates have not yet been set to kick off a series of monthly meetings agreed to by Mon State Hluttaw members and state government officials, according...
July 23, 2016
The eight armed groups that signed last year’s nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) have pledged to find solutions for non-signatory groups to be...
July 22, 2016
A man and his eight-year-old daughter were seriously injured by a landmine explosion on Monday when they went into a forest to cut firewood in...
July 22, 2016
Participants at the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) Summit scheduled to be held in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, have agreed to focus primarily on a...
People crossing a busy road in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, 03 July 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 22, 2016
Data on religion from the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census has been made publicly available by the Government of Myanmar. The United...
July 22, 2016
Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo, the serving chief of Burma’s military intelligence, confirmed yesterday that government soldiers were indeed responsible for the...
July 22, 2016
Ramannyarattha Buddhism University, a new university in Mon State, started offering its Diploma in Buddhism.
July 21, 2016
Plans for a Karen National Union (KNU) led public discussion on state-level land policies has been scrapped after the Karen State government didn’t...
July 21, 2016
All of Myanmar’s ethnic armed groups must be able to attend the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (Union Peace Conference), said Khu Oo Reh,...