Mizzima
2013-05-22
A group of Shan community-based groups and NGOs have called on Myanmar President Thein Sein and the Chinese investors to halt the trans-Myanmar...
2013-05-22
The UN’s Special Adviser on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, will attend the May 28 peace talks between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the...
2013-05-21
The United Nations on Monday praised the Myanmar government and army for its steps made toward ending the recruitment of child soldiers.
2013-05-21
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe begins a three-day visit to Myanmar on Friday in what national media are saying is a continued bid to improve...
2013-05-21
It is a new dawn for media in Myanmar—censorship has been lifted; 10 daily newspapers are now being printed, with another 14 on the way; and,...
2013-05-20
Myanmar’s military has a proud history and will continue to play a major role in the country, President Thein Sein said in an interview with the...
2013-05-20
India’s automobile giant Tata Motors will soon launch the famous low-cost Nano in Myanmar, although the small one-box vehicle will not be living up...
2013-05-20
Cyclone Mahasen was a reminder of the need for heightened disaster preparedness in Myanmar. In the end, the cyclone that roared into the country’s...
2013-05-20
Lawmakers and politicians have called for effective legislation to be introduced in Myanmar to protect housemaids, as cases of domestic abuse by...
2013-05-20
Phado Saw Hla Htun, the secretary of the organizing committee for the Karen National Union (KNU), has told the media that a meeting between the KNU...
2013-05-18
South Korean steel firm Posco Coated & Color Steel (Posco C&C) has entered into a joint venture to set up a new continuous color-coating line...
2013-05-17
The Former Political Prisoners Group in Yangon has told Mizzima that since Friday morning it has been receiving telephone calls to confirm that a...
2013-05-17
The Myanmar kyat depreciated to 921.50 against the US dollar on Friday, a record low since the country's central bank put a managed float on the...
2013-05-17
Food franchises are catching on in Myanmar. And for one local businessman, setting up a restaurant business a decade ago was a way to profit during...
2013-05-17
Myanmar President Thein Sein will discuss his government’s progress toward democracy as well as the country’s ethnic conflicts and communal violence...