Story Archive
2020-08-13
Military commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing says the military is ‘frustrated with the results of the peace process.’
2020-08-11
Yone Lay apologizes for music video showing Aung San Suu Kyi assassination attempt; Duy Manh fined for remarks about territorial dispute.
2020-08-11
With local IDP camps full, many have taken refuge in coastal Sittwe in recent weeks.
2020-08-07
Experts urge every family to check lists, while leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells officials to ‘focus on fixing’ the problem.
2020-08-07
Ethnic armies will continue to demand money as long as there’s no peace in Myanmar, a Kachin government minister says.
2020-08-06
Allies of the group say they will skip the talks if the AA is not permitted to join.
2020-08-05
At least 25 want to run for parliamentary seats.
2020-08-05
A clash between government forces and an ethnic separatist army drives villagers from their homes in northern Shan state.
2020-08-04
All the missing and abducted persons are males, and a dozen are younger than 35.
2020-08-04
Residents hand her complaint letters about land grabs as she registers her candidacy.
2020-08-03
But state government and police officials deny the men were shot, claiming they were victims of a machete fight.
2020-07-31
Villagers say the unexploded ordnance was left behind by government soldiers.
2020-07-31
Tin Hlaing, chairwoman of the Rakhine State Election Subcommission, says military-run ministries will decide whether it is safe to hold balloting.
2020-07-30
Across the political spectrum, parties are boosting the ratio of female candidates in November.
2020-07-29
Civilians suspected of Arakan Army ties are routinely arrested and tortured, sometimes to death.
2020-07-28
A military analyst says seeking justice for the victim is more realistic than demanding troop withdrawals in a war zone.
2020-07-27
The military spokesman says shutting down the internet stops hate speech in the multiethnic region.
2020-07-24
The KIA has detained five fighters deemed responsible for the July 6 killings, a local politician said.
2020-07-23
Human Rights Watch says the police force is an ‘abusive security apparatus.’
2020-07-23
Rohingya fleeing atrocities in Myanmar's Rakhine state should be allowed the protections given to refugees, rights groups say.
2020-07-22
Rights groups say stiff-arming the UN over serious abuses in Rakhine hasn’t helped the country’s case.
2020-07-21
The war-torn country is trying to meet obligations under the UN children’s rights treaty.
2020-07-21
The Kayan women lost their jobs selling crafts with the collapse of Thailand’s tourism sector.
2020-07-20
An ethnic Karen rebel group says the killing violates a nationwide cease-fire pact.
2020-07-20
AA leaders point to the historic Arakan kingdom as well as to other ethnic-run enclaves in Myanmar.
2020-07-17
The prospectors say that grinding poverty has driven them to scour for remnants of the gemstone in Kachin state.
2020-07-16
Residents say they left because they feared atrocities by government soldiers.
2020-07-16
Local people do not trust Chinese firms and associate mines with pollution and loss of farmland.
2020-07-15
The southern part of Rakhine state, relatively quiet since conflict erupted in late 2018, is seeing detentions rise.
2020-07-13
They say the members did not speak with them about a deadly landslide in Hpakant.
