Mizzima
2013-02-11
The announcement by the office of President Thein Sein that a committee will be formed to review political prisoner cases in Burma [Myanmar] could...
2013-02-11
Environmentalists have called for the formation of a river conservation commission to to cover all Myanmar rivers following the establishment of the...
2013-02-11
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has announced that human rights documents including UN conventions will be translated into...
2013-02-11
The UN should mediate the upcoming peace talks between the Myanmar government and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO, said Kachin peace broker...
2013-02-11
Buyers from Malaysia, Singapore and China are now the major importers of Myanmar’s soft-shell crabs, according to the Myanmar Crab Entrepreneurs...
2013-02-09
The president of the Asia Development Bank (ADB), Haruhiku Karuda, visited Myanmar for the first time this week and announced a funding program of US...
2013-02-08
Buddhist novice U Thazana, 14, who was seriously injured during the Myanmar riot police’s violent crackdown on Latpadaung protesters, is still...
2013-02-08
One of Manipur’s main rebel groups, the United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK), has returned from exile after assurances from the Indian...
2013-02-08
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners - Burma (AAPP) held an official ceremony on Thursday afternoon to present scholarships to some of...
2013-02-07
There have been severe rice shortages in Htantlang Township, Chin State due to bad weather and pest attacks, according to MPs from the Chin National...
2013-02-07
The Myanmar government will form a committee to scrutinize the remaining political prisoners in the country with a view to granting them liberty soon...
2013-02-07
It didn’t take much to have the grapevine buzzing with concern. A rumor, said to originate in Myanmar, quickly spread to China. The gist of it was...
2013-02-06
Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) Chairman Zaung Khara said that his people “hope for and expect” the establishment of a federal union in...
2013-02-06
A new hotel zone for Inle Lake is to be built on a 600-acre plot centered at Ingyingone village, some 15 miles from the picturesque lake.
2013-02-06
Myanmar’s Finance and Revenue Minister Win Shein has said that government ministries will be responsible for paying off the country’s foreign debts.