News
October 10, 2014
| Mizzima
The antiquated Pansodan Jetty and ferries are about to be replaced by a new jetty and three 1,000-seat double-decker ferries at the end of November.
October 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Plans are underway to set up a health insurance scheme for Myanmar citizens that will launch early next year, Deputy Finance Minister Dr Maung Maung...
October 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Chin national organizations have agreed to amend some sections of the out-dated Chin Special Division Act at a meeting held at the National...
October 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Myanmar could look to Indonesia, which emerged as a democratic country after 32 years of authoritarian rule under Suharto, as a guide in building the...
October 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Myanmar will host the Asian Football Confederation’s U-19 Championship from October 9 -23, with Yangon’s Thuwunna Youth Training Centre Stadium...
October 10, 2014
| Mizzima
Telenor Myanmar SIM cards will work in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand, a spokesperson for the company told Mizzima on October 8.
October 10, 2014
| Mizzima
A migrants’ rights activist has expressed concern that what amounts to trial by the press of the Myanmar migrant suspects in the murder of two...
October 9, 2014
| KNG
The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordinating Team (NCCT) has been meeting in Chiang Mai since 4th October to discuss points of disagreement with the...
October 9, 2014
| Translated by BNI
Two civilians died when government forces shelled Kyethi Village in Southern Shan State during the battle to seize the Shan State Progressive Party/...
October 9, 2014
| KIC
Access to education in Karen State has been compromised by lack of accessible schools, poverty, war, displacement, and low wages for teachers –...
October 9, 2014
| KIC
Human Rights Watch has called on the World Bank Group to pressure Burma’s government to stop ongoing human rights abuses.
October 9, 2014
| KIC
An international human rights organisation has warned that a draft plan by the Burma government to tackle violence in Rakhine State would entrench...
October 9, 2014
| S.H.A.N
It is unfortunate that due to some rumors and unconfirmed news, the Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing has decided to launch a large scale operation...
October 9, 2014
| Kalandan Press
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) president Tun Khin met with high level US and UN officials in Washington and New York to from the 22nd till...
October 9, 2014
| Phophtaw
Due to mounting government pressure, on 6th October the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) returned seven government weapons which they seized...