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Mizzima Weekly Magazine Issue 50, Vol. 12, December 14, 2023
Myanmar migrant workers restore wooden fishing boats in a large shipyard in Ranong, Thailand, October 26, 2014. Photo: Barbara Walton/EPA 
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05 March 2015
Extension of stay for Myanmar migrants in Thailand
The Thai cabinet has endorsed guidelines for the management of migrant workers, agreeing...
Locked up - A tiger takes a rest at the Safari Park during the opening ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw, February 12, 2011. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA 
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05 March 2015
Wildlife trade reports win awards for journalists
Five journalists whose reports have helped raise awareness about the wildlife trade in...
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04 March 2015
Kokang commander says KIA helping in the fight
The head of Kokang rebel forces in Myanmar has implicated a neighbouring armed ethnic...
Worries over new and old narcotics. Farmers harvest opium poppies in Lone Twel village, Loilen Township, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, December 13, 2014. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA 
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04 March 2015
New drugs pose serious health risks says UN body
The United Nations drugs control body says it is concerned about the proliferation of new...
Armed Myanmar Border Guard Forces patrol in the streets of Myawaddy, Kayin State, Myanmar, October 2, 2014. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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04 March 2015
Army shelling ‘forces farmers off land’ in Kayin...
The Karen Human Rights Group has voiced concern that the firing of artillery shells by...
Student protesters at Letpadan in Bago on March 4, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
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04 March 2015
Students defy order to disperse
Student protesters calling for education reform on March 3 defied an order to disperse in...
New Zealand citizen Philip Blackwood (C) is escorted by Myanmar policemen after his hearing at the court in Yangon, Myanmar, January 2, 2015. He and two Myanmar citizens, who ran a bar in Yangon, are accused of insulting Buddhism by using an image of the Buddha wearing DJ headphones on their flyer promoting a drinks event. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA 
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04 March 2015
NZ bar manager blamed in furor over Buddha image
The New Zealand bar manager facing jail in Myanmar over religious insult accusations was...
People carry their belongings as they flee the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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04 March 2015
China takes in refugees from Kokang fighting
China has set up temporary settlements to relocate about 14,000 Myanmar border...
President U Thein Sein meets with chairperson Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of the National League for Democracy in Nay Pyi Taw at 6 pm, March 2, 2015. Photo: President's Office
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03 March 2015
President holds rare talks with Daw Aung San Suu...
Myanmar President U Thein Sein and National League for Democracy chairperson Daw Aung San...
The Union Election Building. Photo: UEC
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03 March 2015
Foreign embassies voice support coming election...
Several foreign embassies in Myanmar have voiced support for the upcoming general...
Police block the protesting students in Letpadan, Bago division on March 3, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
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03 March 2015
Students vow to continue march, despite police...
Protesting students, blocked by truckloads of police, claim they will continue their...
A student shouts slogans as he holds up a Buddhist alm bowl during a march on the road at Letpadan, Bago division, Myanmar, March 3, 2015. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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03 March 2015
Students, monks on hunger strike as police block...
More than 100 monks and student protesters in Myanmar began a hunger strike over...

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