Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech entitled 'Resilience in Turbulent Times' at the ASEAN 100 Leadership Forum in Yangon, Myanmar, 06 December 2012. Photo: EPA
15 April 2016
For the first time in the history of ASEAN, there will be a Nobel peace laureate and the...
Sai Thiha Kyaw, Lower House MP for Shan National League for Democracy Party. (Photo: Thin Lei Win/Myanmar Now)
11 April 2016
Sai Thiha Kyaw is a two-term lawmaker in the Lower House representing Mongyai Township in...
Ba Shein is a second-term lawmaker in Myanmar’s Lower House for the Arakan National Party. Photo: Myanmar Now
06 April 2016
Ba Shein, a leading Arakan National Party MP, discusses his party’s dispute with the...
Myanmar's new president Htin Kyaw (L) sees outgoing president Thein Sein (R) leaving after the ceremony to handover the country's presidency to new President Htin Kyaw at the presidential palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 30 March. Photo: EPA/NYEIN CHAN NAING/POOL
02 April 2016
President Thein Sein’s administration was transferred to new President Htin Kyaw’s...
Italian Ambassador Mr Pier Giorgio Aliberti. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
29 March 2016
Italian Ambassador Mr Pier Giorgio Aliberti recently talked to ...
Rev. Gyung Hkawng giving a sermon to a group of Kachin Christians in Myitkyina, Kachin State. (Photo: Myanmar Now)
29 March 2016
In recent months, Pat Jasan, an ethnic Kachin public movement, has made headlines with...
Bangladesh Ambassador Mr Mohammad Sufiur Rahman. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
25 March 2016
In a wide-ranging interview with Mizzima Editor-in-Chief Soe Myint, ...
Members and supporters of a Christian based anti-narcotic group gather in Wine Maw, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, 23 February 2016. Photo: Seng Mai/EPA
24 March 2016
The creation of Pat Jasan and its ‘people’s war on drugs' have brought to light a number...
Drip irrigation has proved highly successful in Israel, a country with a serious water challenge. Photo: IG
21 March 2016
We hear a lot recently about El Nino and its effect on water availability in Myanmar....
Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon Charles Maung Bo. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
16 March 2016
Speaking at a side event at a meeting of the United Nations Human Right’s Council in...
Khine Khine Win, director of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission. (Photo: Myanmar Now)
14 March 2016
The Myanmar Human Rights Commission was set up in September 2011 by appointment of...
Derek Tonkin of Network Myanmar Photo: Intelligence Squared
11 March 2016
The nomination today by the Lower House (Pyithu Hluttaw) of the 69-year-old U HtinKyaw as...

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