Opium poppies ready to be processed into heroine at a poppy field near Pekon township, southern Shan State, Myanmar, 20 December 2015. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
25 February 2016
Transnational crime is booming in Southeast Asia, the UN warned Thursday, aided by rapid...
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25 February 2016
British Ambassador Mr. Andrew Patrick hopes to see Myanmar “firmly on the road to...
Injured member of community based anti-narcotic campaigners arrives at hospital in Myit Kyi Na, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, 25 February 2016. Photo: Myitkyina News Journal/EPA
25 February 2016
An anti-drug vigilante group in northern Myanmar said at least 30 of its members were...
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25 February 2016
Burma Campaign UK has urged the Minister of Home Affairs, Lt Gen Ko Ko, to immediately...
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25 February 2016
UK Export Finance (UKEF) will provide US$300 million in cover for Myanmar, in an effort...
A temporary refugee camp at Ken Mong monastery in Kyaukme, northern Shan State on 21 February 2016. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
25 February 2016
The Union Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-U), responsible for ensuring the implementation...
Pope South Korean Cardinal Paul TschangIn Nam (Right) and Catholic Cardinal Charles Bo (Left) Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
24 February 2016
The challenge of maintaining religious harmony in Myanmar continues to be a hot-button...
Thanlwin (Salween) River, which makes up a large scale section of the northern Thai/Myanmar border. Photo: EPA
24 February 2016
The Thanlwin River Protection and Conservation Network has called on the new government...
British Conservative Party MP Paul Scully. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
24 February 2016
British Conservative Party MP Paul Scully is visiting Myanmar to check out the changes as...
Foreign tourists flocking to view the sunset at Shwesandaw Pagoda in Bagan city, Myanmar. Photo: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
24 February 2016
Myanmar has backpedalled on a ban on climbing temples at the tourist hot spot of Bagan,...
RCSS/SSA-South troops. Photo: Theingi Tun/Mizzima
24 February 2016
The Ministry of Defence yesterday announced that the Myanmar Army is conducting combined...
Police remove barricades after they decided to let members and supporters of a Christian based anti-narcotic group pass through a blocked area in northern Kachin State, Myanmar, 23 February 2016. Photo: Seng Mail/EPA
24 February 2016
The leaders of thousands of anti-drug vigilantes vowed to destroy opium poppy fields in...

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