Story Archive
2020-11-25
Rakhine state is ready to vote after weeks of quiet in ethnic war, say authorities.
2020-11-24
Ethnic political parties want more rights in the hands of the multiethnic country’s states and regions.
2020-11-23
Htike Zaw was gunned down as he tended his grocery store, 13 days after winning a seat in Shan state.
2020-11-20
Aung San Suu Kyi says the infection rate is likely to increase as a result of gatherings after the Nov. 8 elections.
2020-11-19
The military's use of Rohingya children to guide troops through minefields was a war crime, the NGO says.
2020-11-19
Aung San Suu Kyi’s sway strengthens her party’s control of the country of 54 million people.
2020-11-19
They were charged under a vaguely written law that rights groups say is used to jail anti-war protesters and suppress peaceful dissent.
2020-11-18
The war-torn state has not reported fighting since Nov. 10, amid positive moves between adversaries.
2020-11-17
In her first major remarks since her reelection Nov. 8, she says her government will not leave anyone behind.
2020-11-17
Naypyidaw cites coronavirus restrictions preventing talks, but very few refugees see any reason to return.
2020-11-16
Hnin Yu Hlaing spent 46 days in the hospital, including two weeks in a coma, after artillery shells exploded in her home.
2020-11-13
About 300 who were taken to Bhashan Char will now be moved to Cox's Bazar to be reunited with relatives there, Bangladesh says.
2020-11-13
The NLD's offer follows gestures by the Arakan Army and the country’s powerful military.
2020-11-12
The Arakan Army’s proposal wins rare approval from its bitter foe, the government military.
2020-11-11
After a weak showing, the army-backed USDP alleges unfair polling practices without furnishing evidence.
2020-11-10
‘It is necessary to continue peace talks as quickly as possible,’ the military says as votes are counted for Nov. 8 polls.
2020-11-09
No results have been announced from Nov. 8 nationwide elections.
2020-11-08
Many voters brave long poll lines amid a surge in the coronavirus.
2020-11-06
Cancelled voting, a coronavirus surge, and a ballot scandal have clouded the Nov. 8 vote in the western state.
2020-11-06
The democracy icon’s atrocity-tarred international reputation is not a factor in Myanmar's general elections.
2020-11-05
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing cites military slogan supporting the Union, solidarity, and sovereignty.
2020-11-04
Intervention by the military is troubling to many in Myanmar, which endured harsh rule by its army from 1962 to 2011.
2020-11-04
The government denies it has failed to deal with hate speech.
2020-11-03
One critic calls the military’s open criticism and of the government’s performance 'very alarming.'
2020-11-02
Before handing himself in, Wirathu accuses the ruling National League for Democracy government of harassing him.
2020-11-01
The New Myanmar Foundation says an unprecedented number of clashes already have occurred during the election campaign period.
2020-10-30
Residents say the Myanmar Navy attacked their communities with indiscriminate fire.
2020-10-29
'We were terrified. They fired guns and artillery nonstop,' said boat operator Kan Aye Chan.
2020-10-28
The hired relief boat operator died and two other men were injured as they carried food to Rakhine war refugees.
2020-10-28
British activist Andy Hall said that Thailand's Natural Fruit Co. had abused some of its migrant workers, many of them from Myanmar.
