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August 17, 2015
The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of Food for Peace has approved a new contribution of US$3 million to the...
August 17, 2015
The Information Ministry has instructed Cherry FM radio, run by Thura U Shwe Mann's daughter-in-law Daw Zay Zin Latt, to suspend operations, an...
Archive photos of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Myanmar Parliament Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann in Nay Pyi Taw on December 23, 2011. Photo: Mizzima
August 17, 2015
The two biggest contenders in Myanmar’s upcoming elections, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) and the governing military backed...
August 17, 2015
The Karen National Union has decided to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, despite the other members of the ethnic armed group’s alliance,...
August 17, 2015
The case of a Burma Army soldier raping and murdering a 28-year-old woman in Shan State throws government promises of an end to sexual violence in...
August 17, 2015
The arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of land rights activists across Burma forms a new wave of prisoners of conscience, Human Rights Watch has said...
August 17, 2015
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) has today, 13 August, launched an emergency appeal to provide further help to...
August 17, 2015
In the speech at the commemoration of the 65th Karen Martyrs’ Day, the head of the Karen National Liberation Army, General Johnny called for all...
August 16, 2015
Residents in Mon and Karen states will face increased risks of flooding if proposed dams are constructed on the Salween River, according to the Save...
August 14, 2015
The floods in Burma may have stabilized for the moment, but it is forecast that heavy rainfalls will continue to fall across the country during the...
August 14, 2015
The British Embassy has expressed concern regarding recent events which saw USDP Secretary-General Maung Maung Thein and USDP President Thura U Shwe...
August 14, 2015
A spokesperson for the US embassy in Yangon has expressed US government concern over the use of Myanmar state security forces to intervene in a...