Story Archive
2012-09-07
Forced recruitment of ethnic Karen by the Burmese army persists despite peace talks, a relief organization says.
2012-09-06
Myanmar villagers demonstrating against a copper mine fend off hundreds of police searching for protest organizers.
2012-09-06
Burma’s President Thein Sein accepts parliamentary demands to sack constitutional judges.
2012-09-05
Villagers say their farmland was unlawfully taken from them by a military-backed mining venture.
2012-09-05
Facilities providing free medical care for Cambodia's poor may be shut for lack of funds.
2012-09-05
Burma’s government is violating the religious rights of the ethnic group, according to a new report.
2012-09-04
Monks in Burma continue protests against the Rohingya despite an order to halt the demonstrations amid security concerns.
2012-09-03
Thousands take to the streets to back a call by the Burmese leader to deport the Muslim Rohingya minority.
2012-08-31
Fighting escalates in northern Burma's resource-rich Kachin state.
2012-08-31
The Burmese government seeks legislative approval to abolish the Ministry of Industrial Development.
2012-08-30
Burma’s government publishes the names of thousands of people it removed from a ‘no-entry’ list.
2012-08-29
Forced labor and other abuses in eastern Burma’s Karen border region are highlighted in a report.
2012-08-29
Cambodia’s government rejects a UN report seeking electoral reforms and respect for human rights.
2012-08-28
Burma shortens its list of people not welcome in the country, but thousands remain.
2012-08-28
UN special envoy Surya Subedi warns of possible unrest in Cambodia if the authorities refuse to embrace election reforms.
2012-08-28
Burma frees three local aid workers ordered jailed over ethnic unrest between Rohinygas and Rakhines.
2012-08-28
Chinese authorities send at least 1,000 back over the border into Burma.
2012-08-27
The brother of two Burmese nationals sentenced to prison last week says they are innocent.
2012-08-27
Dams planned for the Mekong River could destroy fish populations and dramatically alter land allocation.
2012-08-27
The move is seen as a bid to lift reforms.
2012-08-24
Southeast Asian officials meet to address drug-resistant malaria in their cross-border regions.
2012-08-23
The Burmese government-appointed group will travel to Rakhine to probe ethnic clashes involving Rohingyas.
2012-08-23
Cambodia's tourism ministry will work with an international NGO to help protect children from foreign pedophiles.
2012-08-22
Residents of northwestern Myanmar protest inadequate compensation following a forced relocation.
2012-08-21
Cambodian authorities say a wanted land rights advocate should face the law.
2012-08-21
The heads of two companies linked to human trafficking in Cambodia are likely to have fled the country.
2012-08-20
The Cambodian land activist says he did not push villagers to establish a self-governing zone.
2012-08-20
But self-censorship concerns remain as work continues on reforms.
2012-08-17
Rights watchdogs say the accusation is part of a government attack on Cambodia’s civil society.
