News
October 7, 2014
| Mizzima
A migrant worker rights group said they will undertake a mission to ensure the rights of the two Myanmar migrant workers accused of the murder of two...
October 7, 2014
| Mizzima
Workers use crane as they unload chemical-fertilizer bags from a ship at Asia World port in Yangon, Myanmar, 02 July 2014. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA...
October 7, 2014
| Mizzima
Human Rights Watch is calling on the World Bank to act to overcome Myanmar’s major human rights problems in its new strategy for the country.
October 7, 2014
| Mizzima
Rescuers have called off an aerial hunt for two missing Myanmar mountaineers and a helicopter relief team on Southeast Asia's highest peak due to bad...
October 7, 2014
| Mizzima
Gem traders in Mandalay say they will submit a petition to the watchdog that controls the sale of the Myanmar’s gems, demanding they tighten their...
October 7, 2014
| Translated by BNI
Pung Mong-Lai, deputy head of the Chin National Front (CNF) Liaison Office at Matupi Township, which was opened under an agreement with the...
October 6, 2014
| Translated by BNI
The United Nationalities Youth Forum, which will include youths of all ethnicities from all Burma’s states and regions, was established on the final...
October 6, 2014
| Phophtaw
Two clashes between Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and government troops broke out in Namkhan and Kut Kai of Northern Shan State on Wednesday...
October 3, 2014
| Mizzima
A website reporting on Myanmar issues; The Irrawaddy, appeared to have been hacked on October 2, by a group calling itself the ‘Blink Hacker Group’...
October 3, 2014
| Mizzima
Three Myanmar men were arrested in a joint Myanmar-Thai drugs operation in Shan State October 1, according the The Nation.
October 3, 2014
| Mizzima
The full public release of Myanmar’s first census data for over 30 years, scheduled for May 2015, will not include statistics on religion, occupation...
October 3, 2014
| Mizzima
One member of every household will now be allowed to vote in the elections to the Yangon City Development Committee that will now be held in the last...
October 3, 2014
| Mizzima
Leaders of armed ethnic groups and political parties from Shan State will hold talks in Bangkok on October 2 and 3, U Sai Nyunt Lwin, general...
October 3, 2014
| Mizzima
International brands are peddling their manufacturing solutions at a trade show in Yangon that seeks to encourage local industries to adopt new...
October 3, 2014
| Mizzima
The nine foreign banks granted Myanmar banking licences on October 1 will be allowed to offer loans to foreign and local companies in kyat with...