Story Archive
2020-06-10
An army spokesman says the new pages will ‘provide timely and accurate information related to the Tatmadaw.’
2020-06-10
Most of the loans are 30-year debt from 1988-2010, when a military junta ruled the country.
2020-06-09
Dhaka’s top diplomat says his country won’t allow Malaysia to send the 269 refugees to Bangladesh.
2020-06-09
Chinese traders could be linked to online gambling businesses or be selling fraudulent products, a local trader says.
2020-06-08
Officials detained 269 refugees off the boat and took them to a camp.
2020-06-08
The government army and the KIA have no plan or agreement for the IDPs to return home.
2020-06-08
Authorities have requested that returnees pass through official repatriation camps to have medical screenings before they go to their villages.
2020-06-05
A lawmaker says he fears that their abrupt departure will weaken the rule of law in Myebon township.
2020-06-04
The main, military-backed opposition believes the ruling party can gain advantage from delaying the start of campaigning.
2020-06-04
Myanmar's military declines to confirm numbers, though, adding that ethnic troops sometimes dress as civilians.
2020-06-04
The man illegally entered Rakhine state from a refugee camp in neighboring Bangladesh with his family.
2020-06-03
Other administrators say they are considering resigning to avoid arbitrary arrest.
2020-06-03
About 1 million people have been stranded in Thailand since COVID-19 stalled the economy.
2020-06-02
Cases spike as the country records 2,911 new infections.
2020-06-02
The government military vows instead to retaliate for recent attacks on troops in Rakhine state.
2020-06-01
The pro-army Union Solidary Development Party and unelected military MPs say the speaker violated the constitution.
2020-05-29
The government military reports seizures of police, while a villager describes ‘heavy losses of servicemen.’
2020-05-28
They say the body has been silent on abuses during the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-05-28
Many Burmese say they prefer Chinese potatoes because they are better and cheaper than ones produced domestically.
2020-05-27
Locals are reluctant to assign blame for the torching to Myanmar or Arakan Army soldiers.
2020-05-27
A cellphone video showing soldiers assaulting them was posted on social media on May 10 and went viral.
2020-05-27
Human Rights Watch calls for a credible and impartial investigation into what happened.
2020-05-26
Meanwhile, unidentified assailants murder a local official who had posted a notice ordering the eviction.
2020-05-22
The ousted minister is the largest graft case in the four-year rule of Aung San Suu Kyi.
2020-05-21
Prisoners say they were questioned about local Arakan Army activities.
2020-05-21
Thirty-five detainees, many of them from Myanmar and India, tested positive for the virus.
2020-05-21
The military is having increasing difficulty distinguishing between civilians and rebel fighters.
2020-05-20
At least 80 people and David Lah were confirmed infected after he held a service in April.
2020-05-20
Two of the four suspects were police that allegedly aided attacker in vicious attack in Ayeyarwady region last October.
2020-05-20
Observers say the move will exacerbate tensions between the military and ethnic rebel armies.
