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A soldier (C) stands guard as rescue workers search for the miners killed by a landslide at the Hpa Kant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, 23 November 2015. Photo: Zaw Moe Htet/EPA
January 8, 2018
A landslide at a jade mine in Waykha village, Seikmu village-tracts, Phakant, Kachin State, killed five yaymasay illegal jade pickers and injured two.
January 6, 2018
Officials from the Rathedaung Township General Administration Office said that curfew under section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code was still imposed...
Mr Nigel Roberts, Interim Director of the Technical Secretariat of the Joint Peace Fund. Photo: Thet Ko for Mizzima
January 6, 2018
Mizzima Editor in Chief Soe Myint sat down with Mr Nigel Roberts, Interim Director of the Technical Secretariat of the Joint Peace Fund this week to...
January 6, 2018
Local residents have blocked a road near Lun-Nya Village in Hpa-an Township, Karen State since January 3, due to damages caused by the vehicles from...
January 5, 2018
Rapes are the most frequent crimes out of 136 crimes in the Mon State last year, according to the Mon State Police Force.
January 5, 2018
The Mon State Chief Minister Dr Aye Zan admitted the corruption of his government in some areas during a public consultation held on January 3 at...
January 5, 2018
Shan leaders said the national-level political dialogue for the Shan people is uncertain even though it is only a week away holding the dialogue in...
January 5, 2018
Over 1,000 local residents are taking refuge in Kyaukme in northern Shan State due to concerns over the clashes between the Tatmadaw and an ethnic...
January 5, 2018
Rapes are the most frequent crimes out of 136 crimes in the Mon State last year, according to the Mon State Police Force.
January 5, 2018
The Mon State Chief Minister Dr Aye Zan admitted the corruption of his government in some areas during a public consultation held on January 3 at...
Participants seen at Shan National Political Dialogue (Preliminary)
January 5, 2018
Shan leaders said the national-level political dialogue for the Shan people is uncertain even though it is only a week away to hold the dialogue in...
January 5, 2018
The volunteers who are helping war refugees said that food relief supplies were needed for a growing number of refugees taking shelter in refugee...