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Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during the the third session of the 'Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong' in Nay Pyi Taw on 11 July 2018. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
July 17, 2018
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said that there were good prospects of peace with ethnic armed organizations which had not yet signed the...
July 17, 2018
Only four candidates - three candidates from three political parties and one independent candidate - have submitted their applications to run for a...
July 16, 2018
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) will meet with the government in August to discuss the signing of the nationwide ceasefire agreement (...
July 16, 2018
Fighting has recently resumed between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Tatmadaw in Hpakant and Tanai townships in the Kachin State.
July 16, 2018
A skirmish erupted between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Union (KNU) in the area controlled by the KNU Brigade 5 in Hpapun (Mu Traw) District...
July 16, 2018
Minbya Township General Administration Department issued a local order by permission of Rakhine State Government to stop quarry mining near Kyein...
(Photo: Ko Paw Myo Sut Aung)
July 16, 2018
Local people from Lonekhin village-tracts said that about 100 Yaymasay jade miners (rag picker miners from waste earth dumpsites) were feared dead in...
July 13, 2018
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Peace Commission held an informal meeting on July 12 while it was in Naypyidaw for the Union...
July 13, 2018
Seven Shan candidates from the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the Shan Nationalities Democracy Party (SNDP), the National League for...
July 13, 2018
Kachin nationals and other Myanmar nationals living in Australia donated Ks 7.5 million to Kasone internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Kachin...
NLD party Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Nyan Win. Photo: Mizzima
July 13, 2018
National League for Democracy (NLD) party Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Nyan Win said that what the Defence Services Commander-in-Chief...
The area of clashes seen from Kyaung Lwel Set (Photo by SSM)
July 12, 2018
The Tatmadaw has been reinforcing a large number of troops in both Hispaw and Mong Kung townships in the southern Shan State and border of the...