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November 13, 2024
Urgent support needed for vulnerable Rohingya families on Bhasan Char
November 8, 2024
Inle Lake villages face renewed hardships as strong winds hit flood-...
September 19, 2024
MNDAA Declares No Military or Political Alliance with NUG, Will Not Launch...
A truck carries a container at the Ahlone international terminal port in Yangon. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2019
Myanmar’s sea trade reaches over 4.8 billion U.S. dollars
Myanmar's trade through sea routes reached over 4.8 billion U.S. dollars as of Dec. 6 in present fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 which started in October...
People walk past a garbage dump on the outskirts of Yangon on June 5, 2019. Photo: Sai Aung Main/AFP
December 18, 2019
Euro 50 million loan proposal submitted to parliament for waste management
Deputy Union Minister of Planning and Finance Maung Maung Win submitted a plan to borrow Euro 50 million from the government of Poland as an official...
House of Nationalities (upper house) Immigration, domestic/immigrant domestic workers affairs committee chairman Kyaw Htwe.
December 18, 2019
Domestic workers law could be enacted next year
House of Nationalities (upper house) Immigration, domestic/immigrant domestic workers affairs committee chairman Kyaw Htwe said that they were trying...
A general view of a Rohingya refugees' makeshift camp in Kutubpalang, Cox Bazar district, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA
December 18, 2019
Bangladesh repatriation could be delayed
The Myanmar government will not push for the much-delayed repatriation of Rohingya refugees living for more than two years in displacement camps in...
December 18, 2019
6.6 kilograms of heroin seized in Shan State
Myanmar police seized 6.6 kilograms of heroin and some stimulants in Shan state, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse...
December 16, 2019
Chin CSOs demand immediate arrest of murderer who shot a teacher dead
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Chin State demanded action against a murderer who shot an ethnic Chin primary school teacher dead on November...
December 16, 2019
AA says Buthidaung NLD Chairman held safely
Arakan Army (AA) spokesman Khai Thu Kha confirmed that they have detained National League for Democracy (NLD) party Buthidaung Township Chairman Ye...
Protesters in demonstration and leader Myint Aung in this protest. Photo: Chan Nyein/Mizzima
December 16, 2019
Ousted landowners protest calling for compensation for land seized in...
Over 70 former landowners who have 90-year lease grants in their possession staged a demonstration on December 13, demanding compensation for lands...
December 16, 2019
Rakhine MP says give more authority to Ethnic Affairs and Internal Peace...
In a deliberation on the report submitted by House of Representatives, the Ethnic Affairs and Internal Peace Implementation Committee in the...
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi during the second day before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 December 2019. Photo: Koen Van Weel/EPA
December 12, 2019
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Speech to the ICJ
Thank you, Mr President and Members of the Court. It is an honour to appear as Agent of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar in these proceedings, in...
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi (C-R) and Abubacarr Tambadou (3-L), minister of justice of The Gambia, appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, 10 December. Photo: EPA
December 12, 2019
ICJ hearing begins with Gambia putting its case against Myanmar
The UN’s top court has begun a hearing into Myanmar’s Rakhine crisis with Gambia in the opening session calling on Myanmar to "stop this genocide" of...
Abubacarr Tambadou (2-L front, seated), minister of justice of The Gambia, and Aung San Suu Kyi (C), Myanmar State Counselor, on the second day before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 December 2019. Photo: EPA
December 12, 2019
Aung San Suu Kyi claims no genocidal intent in campaign against Rohingya...
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi took the stand in the UN’s top court today to say there was no proof of "genocidal intent" behind her...