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Jade mine in Phar Kant, Kachin. Photo: Mizzima
May 13, 2016
New laws will soon be enacted to restrict jade production within the Lonekhin and Hpakant mining blocks in Kachin State, state media reported on 12...
US ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel speaks at the American Center in Yangon on 10 May, 2016. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
May 13, 2016
The new US ambassador to Myanmar H.E. Mr. Scot Marciel reportedly said that he would be cautious in using the term ‘Rohingya’ which was not liked by...
May 13, 2016
He that sups with the devil must have a long spoon. (Proverb) Today, which is three days after the signatory EAOs met Dr Tin Myo Win, the State...
May 13, 2016
Even the fastest-transforming countries in the last century took between 15 and 30 years to raise their institutional performance from the level that...
Preparing the site for the new June Cement factory
May 12, 2016
June Cement Industry Ltd will start building a second cement factory in the Pyar Taung area near Maekaro-Kawdon Village in Kyaikmaraw Township, Mon...
Warehouse Explodes in Mongla
May 12, 2016
Six people died and many were injured when a National Democracy Alliance Army (NDAA) gunpowder storage warehouse exploded in Tarlaw in Mongla...
May 12, 2016
As State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Htin Kyaw flew to Vientiane on 6 May for a short day-trip, seen sending the pair out and...
U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel speaks at the American Center in Yangon on 10 May, 2016. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
May 12, 2016
Without using the word “Rohingya” directly, U.S. ambassador Scot Marciel underlined the right to self-identity for the Rohingya minority in Rakhine...
Farmers Protest Against CNPC Pipeline.
May 11, 2016
About 80 farmers protested in front of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) office on 2 May to demand the restoration of their farmland,...
Photo by a citizen journalist shows villagers homes burned down in Hopang Village, Namkham Township.
May 11, 2016
A coalition of nine groups issued a statement condemning the Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF) for...
 Soldiers from the ALA conducting a military exercise
May 11, 2016
The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) submitted evidence of alleged Burma Army human rights violations following threats to arrest the ALP information...
May 11, 2016
The position of vice-chairman (1) of the Mon National Party (MNP) is still vacant after Nai Thet Lwin left for the role of Union-level Ethnic Affairs...