Mizzima

2013-12-16
Tourists visiting Myitkyina are often directed to the 58-year-old YM CA by dated Lonely Planet guides that list the “Y” as the only budget...
2013-12-14
Armed ethnic groups have postponed until next month a conference to consider their response to a government proposal for a national ceasefire, a...
2013-12-13
OPPOSITION leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has repeated her call for changes to the 2008 Constitution, saying delays in amending the charter are...
2013-12-12
A CIVIL society group says it provided free funerals for about 12,000 poor people up until December 11, down slightly from 13,507 in 2012.
2013-12-11
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Myanmar Police Force began a four-day seminar on international policing standards in the Rakhine...
2013-12-09
Leaders of 17 ethnic armed groups in Myanmar will gather again in Hlaingbwe, southeastern Kayin state, on Dec. 18 for a three-day conference ahead of...
2013-12-07
The chairman of a parliamentary environment committee has expressed support for resuming work on the Chinese-backed Myitsone dam on the Ayeyarwady...
2013-12-07
Former military commander-in-chief and patron of the National League for Democracy, U Tin Oo, has criticised moves by the Obama administration for...
2013-12-06
The Foreign Investment Department is considering combining the foreign and Myanmar citizens’ investment laws, its director in chief, U Aung Naing Oo...
2013-12-06
The government plans to support rice farmers by buying more than 100,000 tonnes of the staple in the coming weeks, the chairman of the buffer stock...
2013-12-04
The government has no plans to provide special support for veterans who fought for Myanmar’s independence, Presidential spokesperson U Ye Htut said...
2013-12-04
The remaining 82 people in Myanmar’s jails who are regarded as being political prisoners will be assessed in the coming weeks to determine if they...
2013-12-03
The second round of nationwide ceasefire talks between Myanmar government and 17 ethnic armed groups scheduled for late this month has been put off...
2013-12-03
A spokesperson from the Bahan Township police station told Mizzima on 1December that the station is opening an investigation into a protest that...
2013-11-30
Major Naing Maung Zaw, the tactical operations commander from the Karen State border guard who is taking part in the area’s landmine clearing project...

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