05 February 2016
Myanmar's powerful army on Thursday vowed to launch an investigation into the apparent...
A handout picture made available by Amnesty International on 05 February 2016, and dated May 2015, shows a photo taken by an asylum-seeker on the original two-deck boat, prior to interception by the Australian Navy and Border Force ship, at sea. Photo: Amnesty International/EPA
05 February 2016
Australian officials on Friday refused to deny allegations that authorities paid crew on...
Photo: UMFCCI
04 February 2016
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar...
Luang Namtha province. Photo: Google Map
04 February 2016
Myanmar hopes to import electricity from Laos at an installed capacity of about 300...
NLD Chairperson Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets with journalists in Nya Pyi Taw on 3 February, 2016. Photo: NLD Chairperson
04 February 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi tried Wednesday to calm nerves over Myanmar's tense political transition...
The Arakan State Parliament Building. Photo: Narinjara
04 February 2016
The new Rakhine State Parliament will convene on 8 February 2016, according to the...
Daw Thandar, a well-known human rights activist, is one of the hundreds of new members of parliament.  (Credit: Thin Lei Win/Myanmar Now)
04 February 2016
Less than two years ago, Thandar, a well-known human rights activist who has been...
Members of parliament arrive to attend the first session of House of Nationalities (Upper House) in Nay Pyi Taw on 3 February 2016. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
03 February 2016
On Wednesday morning, Myanmar convened the new Upper House and a Kayin and a Rakhine...
Looking for water in a well at the Thet Kay Pyin IDP camp near Sittwe. Photo: P.Behan/UNHCR
03 February 2016
Arsenic above the safe levels permitted for human consumption has been found in...
A woman walks passed an empty field at the Lone Twel village, Loilen Township, Southern Shan State, Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
03 February 2016
The National League for Democracy’s environmental conservation committee for Shan State...
Children playing soccer at the Community Light Center in Ngar Zinyine (Photo - JJ-Pun)
03 February 2016
On February 2nd 2016, JJ-Pun unveiled a new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)...
Bangkok, Thailand, 28 January 2016. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPA
03 February 2016
Thailand's junta is ramping up pressure on internet giants Google and Facebook -- and the...

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