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Rohingya family members ride a trishaw as they travel through Thet Kel Pyin Muslim refugee camp near Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, November 11, 2014. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
NGO calls for freeing five ‘prisoners of conscience’
NGO Fortify Rights has called on the Myanmar government to immediately and unconditionally release a group of five Rohingya prisoners of conscience...
Children have lunch inside a monastery in Bago Division, Myanmar, February 19, 2014. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
‘Zero Hunger Challenge’ drive lauded
The World Food Programme has welcomed the Myanmar’s adoption of the Zero Hunger Challenge and its aim of achieving Zero Hunger in Myanmar by 2025,...
Myanmar-India trade route Kalemyo to Tamu town, a border town, on November 28, 2014. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
India trade volume with ASEAN to double by 2022
Trade between India, the world’s second-most populous country, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is targeted to double by 2022 from an...
The current Myawaddy bridge. Photo: Nudsikan Kaewjai/Panoramio
Second Thai bridge to link Myawaddy
The Thai Transport Ministry will seek 3.9 billion baht [K130 billion] to fund a second bridge spanning the Moei River between Tak province and...
The Myanmar Air Force uses several models of Russian helicopters and jets. Photo: Military Wikia  
China summons Myanmar ambassador over border bombing deaths
China summoned Myanmar’s ambassador in Beijing on March 13 after four Chinese were killed by a bomb dropped by a Myanmar warplane near the border,...
Located opposite the Sule Shangri-La Hotel and the Sakura Tower and adjacent to the famous tourist destination of Bogyoke Aung San Market, the Landmark Development project is at the heart of the downtown Yangon business district. The prime site currently hosts FMI Centre, the Grand Meeyahta Hotel building (which ceased operations in October 2013) and one of Yangon’s most famous heritage buildings, the former Burma Railway Company Headquarters, which was built in 1877. Graphic: Yoma Holdings
Yoma shares rise on lease extension for Yangon site
Property developer Yoma Strategic Holdings has won approval from the Myanmar Investment Commission for a lease extension that will let it redevelop...
Democratic Karen Benevolent Army soldiers marching during 19th anniversary of DKBA day held on the Thai-Myanmar border in Kayin State on December 21, 2013. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
DKBA and government troops in firefight
Fighting between government troops and soldiers from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army broke out March 11 at around 2 pm near Kawkareik Town,...
President U Thein Sein inspects an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on March 12 at the start of a two-day state visit to Malaysia. U Thein Sein’s discussions with the Malaysian Prime Minister, Mr Najib Razak, would involve bilateral issues and matters of regional concern, the Malaysian government said. Malaysia this year holds the rotating chairmanship of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Photo: Azhar Rahim/EPA
President Thein Sein visits Malaysia
Myanmar President Thein Sein arrived in Kuala Lumpur on March 12 for a two-day stay, his first state visit to Malaysia, according to the Global New...
Myanmar President U Thein Sein (L) meets with British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) in 10 Downing Street, London, Britain, July 15, 2013. Photo: San Tan/EPA 
UK government admits ‘setbacks’ in Myanmar’s reforms
The British Foreign Office claims there are “a number of worrying setbacks” in Myanmar’s reform process, according to a report just released. The...
Ma Wahkushee Tenner of the Women’s League of Burma, left, on visit to Canada. Photo: Inter Pares
Call to end human rights abuse in ethnic areas
Two ethnic women from Myanmar testified at the Canadian Parliament on March 10, calling for Canadian pressure on the Myanmar government to end...

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