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02 December 2023
'I feel safe': the school for environmental defenders
Logging trucks in Kachin State waiting to cross the border into China in April, 2015. Photo: EIA
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08 March 2016
Hiatus in timber smuggling from Myanmar to China...
Monitoring of key crossing points along the Myanmar-China border by the Environmental...
British actress/cast member Dame Judi Dench arrives for the premiere of 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' in London, Britain, 17 February 2015. Photo: Andy Rain/EPA
Latest News
08 March 2016
High profile women sign pledge to end impunity...
On International Women’s Day, 110 high profile women, ...
Thanlwin (Salween) River, which makes up a large scale section of the northern Thai/Myanmar border. Photo: EPA
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24 February 2016
New government urged to stop all Thanlwin dams
The Thanlwin River Protection and Conservation Network has called on the new government...
Supporters arrive near temporary camps where members of community based anti-narcotic campaigners gather near a blocked area in Wine Maw, northern Kachin State, Myanmar, 21 February 2016. According to media reports, about 3,000 volunteers of a community based anti-narcotic campaign have been camping on the road since 16 February, blocked by Myanmar military and police forces who try to prevent them from destroying the fields of opium poppies. Photo: Myitkyina News Journal/EPA
Latest News
22 February 2016
Myanmar police in showdown with anti-drug...
Thousands of anti-drug vigilantes are locked in a showdown with police and soldiers in...
Refugees from northern Myanmar sit on a pile of blankets inside a monastery which has been set up as temporary refugee camp in KyaukMe, northern Shan State, Myanmar, 21 February 2016. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
Latest News
22 February 2016
US embassy raises alarm at fighting in northern...
The US embassy in Yangon said it was "deeply concerned" over clashes involving ethnic...
Latest News
17 February 2016
MP tables emergency motion to end fighting in...
An emergency motion calling for an end to fighting in Shan State was submitted by an MP...
Workers at a jade mining area in Hpakant, Kachin State. Photo: Mizzima
Latest News
17 February 2016
Hpakant villagers end jade mining protest
Residents of three villages in the Hpakant jade mining region in Kachin state have...
Myanmar boys, who were released from the Myanmar army, look at their new National Registration Cards at a releasing ceremony of 42 child soldiers as part of the implementation of an action plan between the Myanmar government and the United Nations (UN), signed in late June 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 September 2012. Photo: EPA
Latest News
16 February 2016
UN support is still required to improve the human...
The recent elections in Myanmar should not be seen as ...
Donated Baby Panda seen in cage. Photo: IPRD
Latest News
15 February 2016
Unbear-lievable: doubts over Myanmar ‘red panda’...
Doubts were cast Monday over a poignant tale of a rescued panda donated to a Mandalay zoo...
Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
Latest News
15 February 2016
Australian Ambassador discusses Myanmar relations...
The Australian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr. Nicholas Coppel met ...
U Maung Maung, chairman of the Confederation of the Trade Unions of Myanmar.  Photo: FTUM
Latest News
15 February 2016
ILO urges local Myanmar businesses to follow...
A governing board member for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has urged local...
Shopping malls are cashing in on Valentine's Day, as here in a plaza in Yangon. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
Latest News
14 February 2016
Couples celebrate Valentine’s Day in Myanmar
Valentine’s Day as celebrated in Myanmar saw everything from expressions of love to pop...

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