Mizzima
2012-09-06
MasterCard Inc. says it has issued a license to one of Burma’s largest banks to offer services at ATMs and private companies.
2012-09-06
Chins in Burma are being denied the freedom to practice the Christian religion, said a new report by the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO)...
2012-09-06
A huge demonstration at a Burmese state copper mining company on Wednesday saw farmers asking that their land be returned.
2012-09-05
President Thein Sein made nominations to two Cabinet posts in a message to the Burmese Parliament on Tuesday.
2012-09-05
A guitar, with a painting by three 88-generation student leaders, was sold for 58.8 million kyat (US$ 66,627) at a fund-raising music concert in...
2012-09-05
Burma’s Parliament on Tuesday approved the government’s reshuffle of ministries, increasing the number to 36, including six ministers located in the...
2012-09-04
An Arakanese (Rakhine) public company is being formed with starting capital of 500 million kyat (US$ 573,723) from an initial investment by 50...
2012-09-04
The Burmese government has increased its military presence in Hpakant Township in Kachin State, and residents are worried that serious fighting will...
2012-09-04
Forty-two more child soldiers in the Burmese military were released from the armed forces on Monday, in a campaign to end recruitment of under-age...
2012-09-04
Any solution to the standoff between the Burmese Parliament and the Constitutional Tribunal must be settled in a manner fair to both sides,...
2012-09-03
Aung Kyi, Burma’s new information minister, on Sunday said newspapers would be able to publish daily from early 2013, bringing in a new information...
2012-09-03
A workshop held by the Myanmar Journalists Network (MJN) has recommended a comprehensive list of professional criteria to the Burmese government...
2012-09-03
Moe Thee Zun, a prominent student leader during the 1988 Burmese protest movement, was welcomed by supporters as he arrived at Rangoon airport on...
2012-08-31
Thirty Kangyidaung Township authorities will give money and seeds to farmers whose 15,000 acres of spoiled paddy in Irrawaddy Region were flooded in...
2012-08-31
Three new deputy ministers have been appointed as part of Burma’s Cabinet reshuffle this week, according to an order from the President's Office.