Mizzima

Border between Rikhawdar and Zokhuthar. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
March 10, 2020
The Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) has asked the state government to seal the Mizoram-Myanmar border to prevent the spread of coronavirus...
A general view of the copper mine in Sarlingyi township in Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 8, 2020
Than Htike Aung — House of Nationalities (upper house) MP from Sagaing Region constituency (5) Ye Htut asked a question in parliament if there is any...
March 8, 2020
A Chin woman was serious injured by an exploding artillery shell in a village in Rakhine State, according to a press release of the Chin Human Rights...
Rakhine ethnic elderly women who fled from an area struck by conflict between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army, sort small mussels at the Yan Aung Myay temporary camps in Buthidaung township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
March 8, 2020
International rights group Human Rights Watch this week warned about a worsening humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State. A surge in fighting in Myanmar...
A bird's eye view at dusk, of Aizawl city, the capital of Mizoram India. Photo: EPA
March 6, 2020
In a growing indication of interest in Northeast India and bordering areas with Myanmar, Ambassadors of ASEAN countries based in New Delhi are...
Employees work at a garment factory in Shwe Pyi Thar, Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
March 6, 2020
Chan Nyein — The Federation of Trade Unions and trade union activists demanded the government check the authenticity of claims from the garment...
March 5, 2020
The United Wa State Army, will hold voting in four townships of its self-administered region for the first time when general elections are held later...
(File) Rakhine ethnic people, who fled from conflict areas, gather at the Dam Mar Yar Ma Monastery temporary camp in Dyi NyaWaddy Ward, Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, 29 December 2019. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
March 5, 2020
Fighting in war-torn Rakhine state on Thursday drove residents and students from villages in Mrauk-U township, RFA reported. Clashes ensued in the...
Soldiers from the Arakan Army. Photo: AA
March 4, 2020
The bodies of two ethnic Rakhines and one Rohingya Muslim civilian were discovered Monday in Mrauk-U township in Rakhine state, a local relief group...
Photo: Chinese Embassy in Myanmar/Facebook
March 2, 2020
Myanmar's government on Sunday donated 200 tons of rice to China as a humanitarian assistance in the battle against the Covid-19 (coronavirus)...
Photo: Arakan Army
March 2, 2020
At least five ethnic Rohingya were killed and several injured after troops clashed with the Arakan Army in Myanmar's conflict-torn western state of...
March 2, 2020
The following is the joint statement by India and Myanmar issued by Indian PM Narendra Modi’s office on the occasion of the visit of the Myanmar...