Mizzima

Photo: MNA
April 29, 2020
More than 3,000 returnees from China have come back to Myanmar through the border gate in Lweje Town as they feared the possible transmission of...
April 27, 2020
Mizzima had the opportunity to interview Israeli Ambassador Ronen Gilor following a productive Video Conference organized by the Israeli Embassy...
A passenger walks pass a flights information board at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, 18 March 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
April 27, 2020
Yangon International Airport was further extended the ban on international flight arrivals to May 15, said an announcement issued by the Yangon...
April 25, 2020
Dr Thant Myint-U — Myanmar is facing two new crises: (1) a health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and (2) an economic crisis caused by the...
Cardinal Charles Maung Bo. Photo: Mizzima
April 25, 2020
Myanmar’s Cardinal Charles Bo is calling for a ceasefire in Myanmar as part of the call made by the United Nations chief and Pope Francis for a...
April 24, 2020
A driver was killed, and his colleague injured in an attack by the Arakan Army in Rakhine State on 21 April, state media reported quoting Office of...
Members of the Myanmar Red Cross society move a dead body from a boat to an ambulance that will transport to Sittwe Hospital, in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 21 April 2020. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
April 24, 2020
The U.S. State Department condemned Wednesday a recent attack on a UN vehicle in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, Anadolu Agency reported. "The...
A Chinese medical team arrives to the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, 08 April 2020. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
April 23, 2020
A team of Chinese medical experts aiding Myanmar in the fight against COVID-19 returned Wednesday to Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan...
Arakan Army. Screengrab from YouTube
April 22, 2020
Subir Bhaumik — In a strange rush to complete and operationalise the $484 million Kaladan Multimodal project, India risks getting sucked into what...
The facade of the Yangon General Hospital in Yangon is pictured on March 24, 2020. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
April 22, 2020
The World Bank has approved a US$50 million credit for the Myanmar COVID-19 Emergency Response Project, as part of global emergency support...
Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot
April 20, 2020
Myanmar-Thailand border trade has dropped by $24.27 million and stands at US$2.13 billion between 1 October and 3 April in this fiscal 2019-2020,...
IDPs in Chin State. Photo: Mizzima
April 20, 2020
Civilians displaced from Paletwa by armed clashes between the Arakan Army and the Tatmadaw are in serious need of rice, according to the Relief and...