Story Archive
2018-03-30
The two sides are still hammering out details in their memorandum of understanding.
2018-03-30
Bus carrying 47 people burned in western Tak province, officials say.
2018-03-30
Ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, stalled constitutional reform, and authoritarian tendencies leave little to celebrate.
2018-03-29
They had tried to block police cars entering their village to force out residents resisting eviction.
2018-03-28
Win Myint becomes the country’s tenth president since independence in 1948.
2018-03-28
Aung Ko Htway was arrested last year after describing his ordeal in an interview with RFA.
2018-03-27
The two men were badly burned and suffered injuries from beatings, a rights investigator says.
2018-03-26
Chinese authorities say the accounts contain funds attained from illegal activities.
2018-03-26
Myo Nyunt, a new spokesmen for the ruling National League for Democracy, says the likely election of Vice President Win Myint to the presidency will bring positive change.
2018-03-23
Lawmakers elect Win Myint as one of three vice presidents, positioning the Aung San Suu Kyi favorite for a win in next week’s presidential vote.
2018-03-23
The penalty has not been carried out in the country for decades, though, leaving his fate uncertain.
2018-03-22
A court official says Zaw Win insulted the judicial system.
2018-03-22
They say the Chinese and Myanmar operators of the project have not acted responsibly.
2018-03-20
Residents of Mandalay’s Aungmyaythazan township want the death penalty for a man charged with sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl.
2018-03-19
Residents say soldiers have appropriated some of their land for a new road project.
2018-03-19
A think tank cancels the event after the state counselor says she feels unwell on the heels of an ASEAN summit.
2018-03-19
Territorial claims in South China Sea also spotlighted during Sydney summit.
2018-03-16
NGOs safely transport 200 people driven out by the latest clashes between TNLA and RSCC troops.
2018-03-16
Request is in addition to $434 million in emergency aid requested in October 2017.
2018-03-15
Border blast early Thursday injured five members of man’s family.
2018-03-15
Eighty lawmakers have registered to debate controversial amendments passed by the upper chamber.
2018-03-14
A foreign affairs ministry official says Bangladesh must fill out the incomplete forms of others who wish to return to Rakhine state.
2018-03-13
Spokesman Zaw Htay says the officials tasked with examining abuses are ‘biased’ and ‘prejudiced.’
2018-03-12
A report by Amnesty International accuses the army of grabbing land for new military bases.
2018-03-09
Human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein wants the brutal campaign against the Muslim minority group to be referred to the International Criminal Court.
2018-03-06
A state lawmaker says it is ‘impossible’ that there is a ‘campaign of terror and forced starvation’ directed at the minority group.
2018-03-05
Upper house lawmakers are debating amendments that contain controversial phrases and increased penalties for violators.
2018-03-05
Naypyidaw claims it deployed extra security personnel to guard against a potential Rohingya insurgent attack.
2018-03-01
Ethnic armies in troubled Shan and Rakhine states have yet to conduct public consultations in their regions.
2018-02-28
Monk Ashin Aikthsriya says the government must rein in wayward clergy members who foment communal tension.
