Story Archive
2019-04-22
The case underscores the problem of continued military dominance of politics despite civilian rule, critics say.
2019-04-19
The performers are being charged under controversial penal codes that critics say curb free speech.
2019-04-19
Buddhist, Catholic, Hindu and Muslim leaders urge Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to abort the suspended Chinese project.
2019-04-18
Press watchdogs also rap Aung San Suu Kyi for the jailing of Reuters journalists and many critics.
2019-04-18
Some fear the trend will make all women fair game in the country’s multiple armed conflicts.
2019-04-18
Sivanganam told the RCI that he was banned the site in the jungle near Wang Kelian after issuing his report.
2019-04-17
Tun Myat Naing says troops trained for more than a year before engaging with the AA in Rakhine state.
2019-04-16
Performers required to submit lyrics for approval prior to performance.
2019-04-15
The rebel fighters in Rakhine say the government military is fabricating successes to cover for losses.
2019-04-12
They say that the firing of artillery shells has damaged historic structures.
2019-04-12
Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi is the latest of more than 50 recent cases under Section 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law.
2019-04-11
Dozens of c Rakhine villagers are detained on suspicion of supporting the Arakan Army.
2019-04-10
Government forces and the Arakan Army issue competing figures on casualties, with civilian deaths reported.
2019-04-09
The Arakan Army and Myanmar military confirm captain’s death, but differ on the number of soldiers killed.
2019-04-08
They are afraid the army will shoot them indiscriminately, even in areas outside conflict zone.
2019-04-08
The messages reached outlets, including RFA, from both sides of the Rakhine conflict.
2019-04-08
Group of Rohingya is dropped off in Perlis after a first batch arrived last month.
2019-04-05
The army says that the Muslims were helping their traditional foe, the Arakan Army.
2019-04-05
Chinese pipeline company's application for exclusive use breaks an agreement with farmers whose land was taken.
2019-04-04
The airstrike hit a group of Rohingya collecting bamboo amid army hostilities with a Rakhine ethnic army.
2019-04-03
The country has not cooperated with the UN and other efforts to probe the expulsion of 740,000 Muslims.
2019-04-03
The Arakan Army has detained eight construction workers it says were helping the army spy on the rebel group.
2019-04-02
Expulsions of refugee children have taken place, Bangladeshi school authorities tell BenarNews.
2019-04-02
Residents of Rathedaung, Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, and Minbya townships face two months of a 9 p.m.-5 a.m. restriction on their movements.
2019-04-01
China has pushed hard to revive the frozen Myitsone Dam, but opposition is growing.
2019-04-01
The national army says AA fighters disguise themselves as civilians to commit ‘terror acts.’
2019-03-29
Government army says civilians were caught in a fire fight, but its foe the Arakan Army says there was no battle at the time.
2019-03-28
The rebel Ta’ang National Liberation Army says the government military initiated the attack.
2019-03-27
Various groups are trying to tally casualties from months of fighting between the Arakan Army and government troops.
2019-03-27
Human rights groups interview survivors duped into trafficking between 2012 and 2015 while fleeing Myanmar for Malaysia and Thailand.
