Trust is important in peace-building, says visiting Finland Foreign Minister
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionFinland Foreign Minister Mr Timo Soini. Photo: Thet Ko/MizzimaIn the following exclusive interview, Mizzima Editor in Chief Soe Myint talks with visiting Finland Foreign...
View Article‘ASEAN Member States stand ready to help’ on Rakhine crisis: Singapore FM
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionSingapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. Photo: EPAMizzima correspondent Hong Sar met with Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and asked him his view...
View ArticleMizzima calls for the release of two journalists
Mizzima EditorialCategory: NewsOpinionWa Lone (left) and Kyaw Soe Oo. Photo: FacebookMizzima Media Group is calling for the immediate release of two Reuters news agency journalists who were arrested...
View ArticleWhy China’s plan helps solve Rohingya crisis
Song Qingrun for Global TimesCategory: NewsOpinionMyanmar soldiers walk in Chain Khar Li Rakhine ethnic village, an area close to fighting at Rathedaung township of northern Rakhine State, western...
View ArticleJoint Peace Fund interim director says year 2018 ‘very important for the...
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionMr Nigel Roberts, Interim Director of the Technical Secretariat of the Joint Peace Fund. Photo: Thet Ko for MizzimaMizzima Editor in Chief Soe Myint sat down with Mr Nigel...
View ArticleUS Ambassador discusses Myanmar challenges including Rakhine, media freedom
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionUS Ambassador Mr Scot Marciel. Photo: Thura/MizzimaUS Ambassador Mr Scot Marciel sat down with Mizzima Editor in Chief Soe Myint this week for an exclusive interview to...
View ArticleASEAN-India: Shared Values, Common Destiny
Narendra ModiCategory: NewsOpinionIndian Prime minster Narendra Modi (R) with Myanmar's State counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, prior to a bilateral meeting on the sideline of the ASEAN - India Commemorative...
View ArticleAdministrative Justice will enhance the Rule of Just Law in Burma
Janelle SaffinCategory: NewsOpinionJanelle Saffin.Access to justice in general would be improved significantly if a complete administrative law system were to be put in place. However, there are some...
View ArticleWomen’s equal participation matters for everybody.
Category: NewsOpinionJournalists at work in the news room of of Myanmar Times weekly journal, Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPABy Mr Peter Lysholt Hansen, Ambassador of Denmark, Ms Riika Laatu,...
View ArticleUK High Court judge discusses complaints against media in Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionSir Michael Tugendhat. Photo: Franco-British Lawyers SocietyA visiting UK High Court judge has spoken to Mizzima about a judge’s role in dealing with complaints against the...
View ArticleMyanmar historian Thant Myint-U receives Indian Padma Shri award
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionDr. Thant Myint-U. Photo: Hong Sar for MizzimaThant Myint-U author and founder and chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust has won one India’s prestigious Padma Shri Award....
View ArticleIndian Ambassador discusses the Act East Policy, India-Myanmar relations
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionIndian Ambassador Vikram Misri, left, talks to Mizzima Editor in Chief Soe Myint, right. Photo: MizzimaAs India-Myanmar relations continue to improve, Mizzima Editor in...
View ArticleDanish Ambassador discusses press freedom and democratic transition in Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionPhoto: MizzimaIn recognition of World Press Freedom Day the Danish Ambassador, Mr Peter Lysholt Hansen, shared his thoughts with Soe Myint, Editor-In-Chief and Managing...
View ArticleAmendments to Schedule 2 of 2008 Constitution – A way forward for...
Upendranadh ChoragudiCategory: NewsOpinionFederalism ought to be a means to achieve peace and stability in Myanmar. Photo: AFPA widely held perspective, and what can be called the conventional...
View ArticleToward a more people-centered government
Aung Khaing Min and Ye Min NaungCategory: NewsOpinionChildren play while washing their bicycle at a water tank in Ma Sel Seik village in Kawhmu township, Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFPThe recent...
View ArticleMOI publishes rare interview with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
MizzimaCategory: NewsOpinionMyanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, talks with NHK reporter Orie Sugimoto, left. Photo: MOIMyanmar’s Ministry of Information has just published an exclusive...
View ArticleCommission asserts its ‘wings have been clipped’
Janelle SaffinCategory: NewsOpinionJanelle Saffin. Photo: Janelle Saffin/TwitterA commentary concerning The Commission for the Assessment of Legal Affairs and Special Issues asserts that its “wings...
View ArticleWhat will happen to citizenship verification amid the conflict?
Zeyar MawCategory: NewsOpinionImmigration officials preparing the National Verification Card at the Ngakhura processing camp for Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw district, Myanmar's Rakhine state near the...
View ArticleWe are tired of the civil war: Standing up for peace and democracy
Thinzar Shunlei Yi and Sut Seng HtoiCategory: NewsOpinionThis picture taken on May 11, 2018 shows internally displaced people in a church compound in Myitkyina after fleeing conflict between government...
View ArticleMyanmar’s need for a shared long-term vision
U Thant Myint-UCategory: NewsOpinionPHOTO - U Thant Myint-UU Thant Myint-U has called for a shared long-term vision for Myanmar.The historian, writer and conservationist was speaking on the 8 July at...
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