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13 December 2023
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U Hla Maung Shwe (L), KNU General Secretary Padoh Saw Kwe Htoo Win (C) and Col Khun Okkar (R) at during a press conference at the Myanmar Peace Centre in Yangon on March 22, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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23 March 2015
Ceasefire talks to resume on March 30
The 7th round of ceasefire talks will take a pause and will resume on March 30 because...
The two Solar Impulse 2 pilots are spreading the word on clean energy, as seen here with Myanmar President U Thein Sein at Mandalay International Airport on March 20, 2015. Photo: Solar Impulse
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21 March 2015
Solar pilots spread the ‘clean energy’ message
‘Clean energy evangelists” Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are hosting events and...
Ceasefire negotiations continue at the Myanmar Peace Centre in Yangon on March 20, 2015. Photo: Jastin Minn/Facebook
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21 March 2015
Ceasefire talks making progress
The fourth day of peace talks between Myanmar government negotiators and armed ethnic...
An angry mob took to the streets of Mandalay in central Myanmar early on July 2, 2014 following a report of a rape, which later proved false. Photo: AFP
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21 March 2015
Court convicts five over fake rape report that...
A court in Pyinmana has sentenced five people to 21 years’ imprisonment over a fake rape...
Daw Khin Khin Yu, mother of student leader Ko Min Thway Thit at Thayawady Prison on March 20, 2015. Photo: Chocho Bakatha/Facebook
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21 March 2015
Parents meet detained student protesters
The parents of two detained student leaders Ko Min Thway Thit and Ma Phyo Phyo Aung met...
President U Thein Sein delivers a speech as seen on a background display as Myanmar Airforce soldiers participate in a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of Myanmar's Independence day, in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, January 4, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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20 March 2015
Tatmadaw to maintain political role, says...
The Tatmadaw will maintain its role in politics to support the transition to democracy...
White armband campaign gets underway in Yangon March 13, 2015. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima
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20 March 2015
White armband campaign launched
A white armband campaign was launched on March 19 in Yangon and another 19 townships as a...
President U Thein Sein (C) with pilots Andre Borschberg (L) and Bertrand Piccard (R) at Mandalay International Airport on March 20, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima 
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20 March 2015
President meets solar aircraft pilots
President U Thein Sein met the pilots of the Solar Impulse on the morning March 20 after...
Solar Impulse 2 lands in Mandalay on March 19, 2015. Photo: Solar Impulse
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19 March 2015
Solar Impulse flight lands in Mandalay
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft landed in Mandalay at around 8 pm March 19 after leaving...
Survivors of the ferry vessel accident arrive at the Sittwe port, in Sittwe, western Myanmar, March 14, 2015. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA 
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19 March 2015
Myanmar to inspect all state-owned boats after...
Myanmar will inspect all state-owned vessels after a ferry accident off the country's...
United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Ms Yanghee Lee, speaks at a news conference in Geneva on March 18 about her report earlier in the week to the UN Human Rights Council. Photo: EPA/Martial Trezzini
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19 March 2015
UN expert gets new threat, expects new Myanmar...
A UN rights expert, who was harshly criticised and threatened during a recent visit to...
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19 March 2015
Myanmar Post journalists jailed for two months
Mawlamyine Township Court on March 18 sentenced Myanmar Post chief editor U Than Htike...

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