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April 21, 2016
The ongoing conflicts between the Myanmar government forces and Arakan Army rebels in different parts of Rakhine State resulted in the killing of few...
April 21, 2016
Chin State Chief Minister Pu Lian Luai said that one of the new Chin State Government's first priorities will be constructing the Chikha to Paletwa...
Left to right: AP’s Esther Htusan, Margie Mason, Robin McDowell and Martha Mendoza receive the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting from USC Annenberg in Los Angeles on Friday, April 15, 2016.
April 20, 2016
Esther Htusan, a Myanmar journalist from Kachin State, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism alongside three of her colleagues...
Political activist Naw Ohn Hla (C) is reunited with her friends after her release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 April 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
April 20, 2016
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warmly welcomed the release Sunday of a second wave of 83 prisoners on Myanmar's New Year, by Presidential...
April 20, 2016
Two boys were killed and two were seriously injured in a fire on 10 April in Pawet Chaung (Faul Khali) Village in Thet Chaung (Balu Khali) Village...
Htin Kyaw (R), director of the Movement for Democracy Current Force (MDCF), a community-based organisation working to promote development and democracy in Myanmar, is reunited with his friends after his release from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 April 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
April 20, 2016
There was very good news for Myanmar citizens to mark this Myanmar New Year. President Htin Kyaw pardoned 83 prisoners in a bid to promote national...
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
April 20, 2016
The following is the full text of the unofficial translation of the New Year speech delivered by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor, printed...
April 20, 2016
Myanmar Army columns clashed twice with the Arakan Army (AA) on 16 April, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported on 19 April.
April 20, 2016
Human Rights Watch praised Burma’s newly elected government for quickly putting into action the release of the country’s political prisoners.
April 20, 2016
The European Burma Network has called on the newly elected NLD government of Burma to “act swiftly” in addressing the humanitarian crisis confronting...
April 20, 2016
The Karen State parliament approved six key ministries on April 7 that will be run by two independent academics, a representative of the military,...
April 20, 2016
Over 16,000 acres of land across Mon State’s 10 townships was returned by Tatmadaw [army] and respective government departments, according to the...