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July 4, 2022
The Military Council is assisting with airstrikes to defend Ukrihta military base near Wale Township, Southern Myawaddy, Karen State, to prevent the...
July 4, 2022
The Myanmar people will this week mark the 60th anniversary of the 7th July Students Uprising in Rangoon. This event was written in blood as over 100...
A MiG-29B sits on the tarmac. Photo: Wikipedia
July 4, 2022
Following the incursion of a Myanmar fighter jet into Thai airspace, a group of 21 ASEAN civil society groups sent a statement to the Thai government...
July 4, 2022
Last week the Myanmar authorities used World Drug Day to torch half a billion dollars’ worth of illegal narcotics, yet the sad truth is that post-...
July 4, 2022
A US-backed campaign is giving Russians access to anti-censor software to dodge Moscow's crackdown on dissent against its invasion of Ukraine,...
July 1, 2022
Mizzima Editor-in-Chief and founder Soe Myint dedicated his East-West Center’s International Media Conference award this week to his fellow...
July 1, 2022
On 29 June junta forces launched attacks on UkriHta army base in Karen State's Myawaddy District after it was captured by a combined force led by the...
July 1, 2022
688 Myanmar, regional and international civil society organisations (CSOs) have signed an open letter to the new Australian Foreign Minister, Penny...
July 1, 2022
Campaign group Justice for Myanmar has criticised Kirin Holding's 'irresponsible' exit from the Myanmar market and the way it has given complete...
June 30, 2022
A prisoner was beaten to death by a prison officer in Myaungmya Prison in Ayeyarwaddy’s Myaungmya Township, according to locals who spoke to Mizzima...
June 30, 2022
The Yangon Region People's Brigade People's Defence Force (PDF) group exploded bombs at four court buildings in Yangon on 28 June. The Yangon Region...
Construction workers gather during a protest to demand recognition of their labour rights, as some said they did not receive their full wages, in Yangon. Photo: AFP
June 29, 2022
Workers faced record abuse of their labour rights in the past year, from union bans to violence and murder, the International Trade Union...