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03 September 2023
Thai king endorses new cabinet, including members from the previous unpopular administration
Lar Mar Lay, speaking to reporters at the opening of the Lower House on Feb. 1, 2016. (Credit:- Thin Lei Win/Myanmar Now)
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11 February 2016
‘Lisu people want to be free from the threats of...
The Lisu National Development Party won five constituencies in the 2015 general elections...
NLD MP's enter Parliament to attend for the first day of the second session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in Nay Pyi Taw on 8 February 2016. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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10 February 2016
New NLD MPs dominate as state and region...
Clad in distinctive traditional orange jackets and tops, dozens of National League for...
MPs during the second session of Yangon region parliament in Yangon. Photo: Myo Thu Aung/Mizzima
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10 February 2016
New Yangon Assembly will tackle slum city issue
Yangon Region Legislative Assembly speaker Tin Maung Tun told Mizzima yesterday, 9...
Myanmar president Thein Sein delivers a speech during the Peace Conference at the Myanmar Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 12 January 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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09 February 2016
President Thein Sein urges MPs to protect...
Myanmar’s President Thein Sein called on lawmakers on Monday to safeguard the country’s...
A parliament building in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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08 February 2016
Parliament announces Presidential nomination date
Parliament has said that 17 March will be the date that nominees for the positions of...
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08 February 2016
NLD MP to Become Karen State Hluttaw Speaker
The office of Speaker in the new Karen State Hluttaw (parliament) will go to a National...
Daw Thandar, a well-known human rights activist, is one of the hundreds of new members of parliament.  (Credit: Thin Lei Win/Myanmar Now)
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04 February 2016
‘The NLD is going to put people at the centre of...
Less than two years ago, Thandar, a well-known human rights activist who has been...
The Arakan State Parliament Building. Photo: Narinjara
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04 February 2016
New Rakhine State Parliament convenes on 8...
The new Rakhine State Parliament will convene on 8 February 2016, according to the...
Members of Parliament arrive to attend the first session of Parliament in Nay Pyi Taw on February 1, 2016. Photo: Hein Ko Soe/Mizzima
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01 February 2016
Two outgoing vice-presidents absent at...
The two outgoing vice-presidents were absent today, 1 February,for the first day of the...
A General Administration Department office in Kyauktada township in downtown Yangon.  (Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)
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01 February 2016
Myanmar’s all-powerful ‘GAD’ a challenge to new...
Despite its strong mandate from a thumping election victory, Myanmar’s new National...
Constitutional lawyer Ko Ni explains how the General Administration Department grants the army control over all levels of the civil service.(Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)
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01 February 2016
‘All levels of government administration are...
As the National League for Democracy (NLD) prepares ...
NLD Members of parliament and others arrive on the last day of parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 29 January 2016. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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01 February 2016
New era dawns as Suu Kyi’s party strides into...
Aung San Suu Kyi will lead her party into a new session of Myanmar's parliament Monday,...

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