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Myanmar women walk on a platform at the train station in Myitkyina, northern Kachin state, Myanmar. Photo: AFP
March 7, 2018
A Myanmar-China border liaison office was opened in Ayeyar Ward, Myitkyina in Kachin State yesterday, state media reported.
Seized chicken have been temporary kept in front of the police station (Photo – MNA)
March 6, 2018
The Mon State Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department, the Livestock Federation, and local authorities have seized around 6,000 illegal poultry...
The 21-member Group for Implementing Mon Representative Party (Photo – Facebook)
March 6, 2018
The Mon National Party (MNP) and the All Mon Region Democracy Party (AMDP) have no plan to meet with the 21-member Group for Implementing the Mon...
March 6, 2018
The Thai government is issuing a 10-year residence certificate to Myanmar migrant children who were born in Thailand. As a result, the district...
March 6, 2018
Local youths from Muse Town, nothern Shan State, are calling for the installation of nine martyrs' statues rather than installing only the bronze...
March 6, 2018
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Information Chief Col. Naw Bu confirmed to Mizzima that fresh fighting was likely to erupt again as government...
March 5, 2018
The BackPack Health Worker Team (BPHWT) has opened a rural clinic in No-khwee Village, where healthcare is out of reach, in Paingkyon Township, Hpa-...
NMSP troops making rounds in the forest area (Photo – NMSP)
March 5, 2018
A Karen armed group and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) clashed in the NMSP-controlled area after the Karen armed group detained Mon villagers in...
Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
March 4, 2018
President Htin Kyaw said that Myanmar could export 3 million tons rice this financial year and it would be a record high over 70 years.
March 4, 2018
The Mon State Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) held a ceremony on February 28 to honor and support the New Mon State Party (NMSP) for...
March 1, 2018
Sittwe District police chief Lt. Col. Min Zaw said that seven suspects had been arrested in connection with the Sittwe bomb blasts and were also...
An elderly Chin man attends the Khuado festival in Tedim township, Chin State, Myanmar, 15 October 2016.  Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 1, 2018
Ethnic groups in Myanmar are seeking the release of accurate data from the last census in 2014 to support better education and healthcare for...