Story Archive
2016-06-08
Leaders of the armed groups discuss how they can participate in the upcoming meeting to bring permanent peace to the country.
2016-06-07
Myaing Kyee Ngu and his supporters have been transporting trucks and bricks to Saint Mark Anglican church in Karen state.
2016-06-07
They want their race and religion shown on ID cards that will make them eligible to apply for full citizenship.
2016-06-07
Hun Sen's government continues to pressure rival party over petition thumbprints and lawmakers' immunity.
2016-06-06
Government representative Tin Myo Win will sit down with leaders from the two rebel groups to get them on board for a major peace conference.
2016-06-06
Police let the six land activists and one citizen journalist go after they signed a pledge to not participate in further campaigns or cause ‘social disorder.’
2016-06-03
The civilian-led government seeks the cooperation of the armed ethnic groups on a political dialogue framework.
2016-06-03
China needs to win over area residents before it can resume construction of the U.S. $3.6 billion hydropower project.
2016-06-02
Beleaguered opposition tries to find ways to free jailed activists, prevent arrest of acting leader Kem Sokha.
2016-06-02
A gem and jewelry trade association blames the administration of former President Thein Sein for missing money.
2016-06-01
A former prisoner talks about how corrections officials charge for legal filings inside the notorious jail.
2016-06-01
The government plans to spend nearly U.S. $6 million to develop the impoverished region by financing goods and services that promote human resources.
2016-05-31
Hun Sen's ruling party votes to have the courts proceed with push to arrest opposition leader Kem Sokha.
2016-05-31
Yangon’s chief minister has pledged to stabilize the region’s power supply within six months to a year.
2016-05-31
The government group will work toward ending conflict in the state and helping its impoverished residents.
2016-05-27
The move comes in the aftermath of another deadly collapse of a jade-mining slag heap earlier this week.
2016-05-27
The Cambodia National Rescue Party calls for protests and a labor union threatens a strike of Kem Sokha is detained.
2016-05-27
The State Counselor is excluding political parties without parliamentary representatives from the key peace negotiation body.
2016-05-26
Authorities search for acting Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha as political tensions increase.
2016-05-26
The foreign affairs ministry says it’s working on granting full rights and protections to those who come back.
2016-05-25
The effort to get King Norodom Sihamoni to release the rights workers and an election official nabbed in the government's case against the opposition party leader runs into turbulence.
2016-05-25
The Burma Socialist Programme Party confiscated nearly 4,000 acres of land in Tant-Se township more than 35 years ago to use for a farm project.
2016-05-25
Rescuers have not resumed efforts to find survivors because they fear heavy rain will trigger the collapse of other slag heaps.
2016-05-24
The incident is the latest in a string of deadly accidents that have occurred during the past year in Hpakant, the center of the country’s jade-mining industry.
2016-05-23
The civilian-led government is working towards a resolution of its Rohingya issue, and believes the U.S. will drop remaining sanctions against the country.
2016-05-23
Campaigners launch new protests and vow to defy government orders banning postings on Facebook.
2016-05-20
Defense Minister Tea Banh says protesters need government permission to demonstrate, or else they will go to jail.
2016-05-20
They say the laborers from Sagaing region have violated laws pertaining to unlawful assembly and causing disorder.
2016-05-19
The exploited workforce at a Thai pineapple processing plant was largely made up of immigrants from Myanmar.
2016-05-19
The Cambodian People’s Party calls the request a divisive act that is tearing the country apart and exposing its internal affairs to outsiders.
