A Coordination Meeting between the Amyotha Hluttaw’s Government Guarantees, Pledges and Undertakings Vetting Committee and the relevant ministries was held on Wednesday at the Amyotha Hluttaw Building in Nay Pyi Taw. Com
Kayin State Chief Minister U Saw Myint Oo on Wednesday inspected factories in the Hpa-An Industrial Zone to encourage industrial growth and improve investment, technology, and market opportunities. During the visit, he t
A ceremony to provide assistance for displaced individual took place at the city hall in Falam Township of Chin State on 14th July. Deputy Minister for Construction U Myo Myint attended the ceremony and made a speech, st
It is known that natural disaster response measures are being prepared in Ayeyarwady Region, which is protected from floods by embankments. Currently, in Ayeyarwady Region, the government, parliament, and local organizat
It is reported that 41 members from the Karen Peacekeeping Force (KPMF) and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) rejoined under the law on July 15, along with their arms and ammunition. As the Tatmadaw is prioritizi
Burma News International (BNI) is a network of 15 independent media and news organizations based in and around Burma The international community’s policy of neutrality regarding the Myanmar crisis effectively grants the
Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) and prominent ethnic armed organizations have engaged in direct discussions with regional diplomats, following a controversial series of informal meetings between the Association
More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. According to preliminary informati
The bodies of a prominent ethnic political leader and a local businessman were discovered on Tuesday in Nyaungpingwa village, located within the Danu Self-Administered Zone (SAZ) of southern Shan State. According to a Yw
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on 14 July issued a circular reminding financial institutions that Myanmar remains subject to enhanced due diligence under the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), warni
Photo – U San Tint, the DNDP vice-chairman who was shot and killed. Locals are demanding that the perpetrators take responsibility for the abduction and killing of the vice-chairman of the DNDP party and a businessman in
Approximately 1,000 internally displaced people in the Taungdwin area of Minkin Township, Sagaing Region, are facing severe food and shelter shortages more than three weeks after fleeing a military junta offensive launch
Mizzima Two women were killed in a Myanmar junta airstrike in Karen State on the same day the ASEAN Special Envoy reiterated calls for the military regime to immediately halt violence under the bloc’s Five-Point Consensus, the post-coup peace plan ASEAN agreed with the junta in 2021. The ASEAN Special Envoy met with the junta on 12 and 13 July, again urging it to implement the Five-Point Consensus. On 13 July, a junta Y-12 aircraft dropped 22 bombs on Lel Kator, Hae Aung, Shae Day, and Maw Pu villages in Township, killing two women aged 65 and 57, the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) reported 15 July. The KPSN statement said that on 12 July, a fighter jet dropped four bombs and another military aircraft dropped 36 bombs on Ter Ra Gaw Kyoe village in Luthaw Township, injuring three males aged 8, 19, and 41, along with a 35-year-old woman. “How can the people of Myanmar or ethnic armed revolutionary organizations trust the military’s peace process when its actions are heading in the complete opposite direction? ” said Naw Wah Khu Shee of KPSN. The two days of junta attacks also destroyed two shops, 16 houses, one granary, and two motorcycles, according to KPSN. KPSN said that while ASEAN continues to uphold the Five-Point Consensus and demand an immediate end to hostilities, the junta has instead escalated its military campaigns. KPSN urged ASEAN to suspend normal relations or formal engagement with the junta unless there is tangible evidence the military is actively implementing the Five-Point Consensus. The post Two women killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on day ASEAN demanded immediate end to violence appeared first on ENG.MIZZIMA.COM.
The first round of surveys for inbound travelers has been conducted at the Thailand-Myanmar Friendship Bridge (No. 1) in Myawaddy Township, Kayin State, starting on July 13, according to the Directorate of Hotels and Tou
The United Nations warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June. The UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and its refugee
Ninety-three percent of the 44 displaced women interviewed by the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) in southeastern Myanmar said they feel insecure, according to a new KHRG report, which found that junta attacks on displac
Myanmar’s leader Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand next month as Bangkok seeks to bring the once pariah state back into the diplomatic fold, the Thai foreign minister told AFP on Wednesday. Min Aung
The members of the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF) – the Karen National Union (KNU), the Karenni, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), and the Chin National Front (CNF) – re
Pro-democracy organizations in Myanmar should set up units to investigate alleged war crimes and other serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed by any parties to the conflict, inclu
IT is necessary to conduct systematic research on domestic requirements and foreign markets in carrying out cotton-related production activities. Just as there are many cotton-growing countries in the world, there are al
DR Than Min Htut, Medical Superintendent of Pyinmana Sangha Hospital, announced that they are expanding eye surgery services to the Myitnge Railway Hospital, in addition to the existing Pyinmana Sangha Hospital and Myaun
THE Department of Rural Development, under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development conducted an introductory briefing on the Village Revolving Fund Project (VRFP) to be implemented and formed a project committ
THE Road Transport Administration Department (RTAD), under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, will introduce online driving licence renewal and digital payment services from 17 July 2026. The new system will a
THE Department of Rural Development, under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, held a ceremony to disburse revolving funds under the Mya Sein Yaung Village Project in Kyatthonkhin Village, Tatkon Township
DEPUTY Minister for Construction U Myo Myint, together with members of the Chin State Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Committee, inspected the reopening of basic education schools and school health programmes in Falam
DEPUTY Minister for Defence Maj-Gen Aung Myo Thant, who is also Chairman of the Committee on Myanmar-Thailand Transboundary Haze Pollution Prevention, presided over the second coordination meeting of the committee in Nay
1. In accordance with sub-sections (c), (d), and (e) of Section 22 of the Commission Law, the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission verify complaints and allegations of human rights violations, and conducts inquiries
THE Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development and the International Poverty Reduction Centre in China (IPRCC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the Peop
THE Department of Rural Development (DRD), under the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development, Gyobingauk Township, Bago Region, conducted a field inspection on 13 July to assess the completion of a red gravel road
YANGON Convention Centre will host the Taste of the Golden Land 2026 festival on 25-26 July, offering visitors a unique blend of traditional Myanmar flavours, rich cultural heritage, and nostalgic culinary memories. This
AS Myanmar’s fishing season has resumed, fishing vessels from the Yangon Region have been reporting good catches of fish and shrimp, enabling consumers to purchase seafood at more affordable prices, according to Kyimyind
MYANMAR exported 754.8 tonnes of bamboo products to foreign countries as of 12 June in the current 2026-2027 financial year, generating US$0.154 million, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental C
Vice-President Nan Ni Ni Aye yesterday inspected several social welfare and vocational training institutions in Yangon Region, accompanied by deputy ministers, regional ministers and senior officials. Her itinerary inclu
In Myanmar, power generation from solar energy is only 4 percent, said Union Minister U Ko Ko Lwin of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. The Union Minister made this statement at a workshop on solar energy held at t
The National Unity Government (NUG) spoke to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Envoy on Burma, Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro, on an undisclosed date this week, BBC Burmese reported. This follows Lazaro’s
ASEAN’s special envoy on Myanmar has held separate talks with the country’s regime-backed negotiators and some ethnic armed groups, with all sides recognising there is no military solution to the civil war, Thailand’s