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(L-R) Laos' Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw, Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Le Luong Minh pose for a group photo during the 8th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Summit (CLMV-8) in Hanoi, Vietnam, 26 October 2016. Photo: Minh Hong/EPA/POOL
UN urges Mekong leaders to boost trade at Hanoi summit
United Nations representatives and government leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam gathered ...
A close-up view of a man inspecting the quality of a Jade stone at the Jade market in Mandalay, Myanmar, 06 April 2015. Photo: Pyae Sone Aung/EPA
Jade fever grips city along China, Myanmar border
Hundreds of people armed with shovels and buckets rushed to find buried jade in the streets of Tengchong City, ...
Myanmar's Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends the Union Peace Conference - 21st century Panglong in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 31 August 2016. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
China says it will play constructive role in Myanmar peace talks
China on Thursday showed its support for the ongoing meeting between the Myanmar government and the country's ethnic minorities aimed ...
The UNFC made their statement after a meeting in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand this week. Photo: Phanida/Mizzima
Myanmar’s largest guerrilla alliance to attend peace conference
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), an alliance of eleven ethnic minority guerrilla groups in Myanmar, announced ...
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during her peace talk conference meeting with Myanmar rural youth at the Myanmar Convention Center - 2 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 11 April 2017. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
Myanmar says fake news being spread to destabilize government, vows action
The government of Myanmar has warned it will take action over false news and rumors it claims are being disseminated to cause ...
Buddhist devotees splash water onto a Buddha stupa as they worships at the holy Shwedagon pagoda to mark Myanmar New Year Day in Yangon, Myanmar, 17 April 2017. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Myanmar welcomes New Year with prayers, donations
People across Myanmar celebrated the New Year on Monday by going to pagodas, donating food and blood, and paying ...
People play with water during the Thingyan Water Festival in Yangon on 13 April 2017. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
New Year celebrations make a splash in Myanmar
Hundreds of people joined a ceremony in Myanmar's largest city on Thursday morning to mark the beginning of ...
Rohingya refugees in a queue as they wait to receive aid relief in Teknaf, Bangladesh, 10 September 2017. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPA-EFE
Bangladesh government begins biometric registration of Rohingyas
Bangladeshi authorities on Monday was due to begin registering the approximately 300,000 Rohingyas who have fled the sectarian violence ...
Journalists Aye Nai (L) and Lawi Weng (C) and Pyae Phone Aung (front R) leave the courthouse after appearing for a hearing in Hsipaw in Shan State on July 28, 2017. Photo: AFP
Myanmar army drops charges against 3 journalists arrested in June
The Myanmar army withdrew charges against three journalists who were arrested in June for traveling to a rebel-controlled region, ...
Journalists Aye Nai (L) and Lawi Weng speak to journalists from inside a prisoner transport vehicle outside the courthouse in Hsipaw in Shan State on July 28, 2017. Photo: AFP
Nonprofit says 89 political prisoners in Myanmar in July
There were at least 89 political prisoners in Myanmar at the end of July, the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (Burma) said in its...

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