Mark Yang

Checking Voters’ list before 27 September is as important as voting
A group of prominent artists have put forward the message that it is as important to check the voters’ lists as it is to vote on Election Day.
Myanmar Global Investment Forum in progress at Myanmar International Convention Centre-2 in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: GNLM
Economic forum predicts more foreign investment in 2015-16
The energy sector will help fuel foreign investment in Myanmar during the 2015-16 fiscal year. That was the main message to come out ...
Buddhist nationalist groups set off on September 14 to begin two weeks of celebrations of the four controversial race and religion bills recently signed into law. The rally of monks and lay people, including representatives of the Ma Ba Tha, began their prayers and celebrations at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
Ma Ba Tha subtly warns against voting for NLD MPs
The Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, or Ma Ba Tha, held a celebration for the approval ofthe last of four ...
Rohingya MP Shwe Maung (R) talks as Charles Santiago, a Malaysian MP, the chair of The ASEAN parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) (L) stands beside him during a press call in front of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission office in Yangon, Myanmar, 04 September 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Discrimination hardly guarantees a fair election
As campaigning continues for 8 November elections, wide-ranging discrimination continues to be a serious concern as Rohingya Muslims, ...
Peace Corps Country Director Ms Penny Fields. Photo: Mark Yang/Mizzima
The Peace Corps has arrived
Since 2013, the Peace Corps, a U.S. government initiative to support developing nations, has been conducting a series of assessments to ...
Famous rock band in Myanmar, Vocal Lay Phyu and guitarist Chit San Maung perform during water festival in Mandalay on 16 April, 2016. Photo: Aung Ko Oo/Mizzima
Politer, less unruly Mandalay water festival celebrations this year
Thousands of gallons of water may have been thrown in the city of Mandalay during this year’s water festival but ...

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