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The PPST meeting held in January
February 15, 2018
Ten ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that have already signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) will meet on the Thai border in the fourth...
Kayah state, Myanmar. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
February 15, 2018
The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) US$70-million Shae Thot – or The Way Forward – project is ending in March having reduced...
February 15, 2018
The Peace Process Working Team (PPST) representing eight signatories of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) met with China’s Special Envoy for...
February 15, 2018
The U.S. Consul General visited Koung-Jor Shan refugee camp in Chiang Mai Province at the Thai-Myanmar border on Tuesday (February 13) to inquire...
Rock quarrying seen at Kyain Mountain in Minbya
February 15, 2018
Rock quarrying will be banned in Kyain Mountain in the west of Minbya Township, Rakhine State to protect the spring, natural beauty, and plant...
Myanmar migrant workers from Gold File gem-polishing workshop in Bang Wang Takhian Village in Mae Sot (Photo – JACBA)
February 15, 2018
Over 1,000 Myanmar migrant workers from Golden File gem-polishing workshop in Bang Wang Takhian Village in the Thai border town of Mae Sot launched a...
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing speech during the ceremony for singing of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at the Myanmar International Convention Center-2(MICC-2) in Nay Pyi Taw on 13 February 2018. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
February 15, 2018
Tatmadaw (Defence Services) Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said that only the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) could give the...
February 15, 2018
The Arakan Natural Resources and Environmental Network (ANREN) has demanded the suspension of Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) due to lack of...
 New Mon State Party chairman Nai Htaw Mon addressing a speech at the NCA inking ceremony on February 13
February 14, 2018
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) chairman Nai Htaw Mon urged the heads of state and the Tatmadaw to stop the military offensives with magnanimity in...
February 14, 2018
Ethnic language teachers from government schools in Kalay Town, Sagaing Region are facing a salary cut to buy furniture for the schools, Falam...
Detained Reuters journalist Wa Lone (2-R) and Kyaw Soe Oo (2-L) are escorted by police as they leave the court after the hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, 01 February 2018. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA-EFE
February 14, 2018
PEN America announced yesterday that it would honour imprisoned Myanmar reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were arrested on December 12, 2017,...
Protestors marching in Rakhine State's Buthidaung (Photo: Aung Zaw Lin)
February 14, 2018
Over 500 people held a protest march in the Rakhine (Arakan) State’s Buthidaung at 2 pm on February 11 demanding national equality, find the truth on...