Story Archive
2016-02-16
They have reached a temporary agreement with the firms not to block their trucks from passing on roads to sites where they dump soil waste.
2016-02-11
The announcement comes after a spokesman said the country would return the group to Vietnam because they failed to qualify as refugees.
2016-02-10
Shelling in Lotnaw village in Namhkam township has injured one resident.
2016-02-09
Rules should be lifted by the time a new government takes over, they say.
2016-02-09
They accuse the villagers of illegally inhabiting community land.
2016-02-08
The move comes amid local media reports that the National League for Democracy is moving to suspend an article preventing Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president.
2016-02-05
Cambodia National Rescue Party chief Sam Rainsy discusses his Facebook war with Prime Minister Hun Sen and what the country faces as it prepares for national elections in 2018.
2016-02-05
Shwe Mann will oversee the commission that provides support to committees in Myanmar’s parliament as they work on legislation.
2016-02-04
Health officials urge people to take precautions against possible infections by eliminating places where mosquitoes breed.
2016-02-04
The newly-appointed Chairman of Parliamentary Bills Committee, Tun Tun Hein discusses the NLD's legislative agenda.
2016-02-03
Information Minister Ye Htut discusses the upcoming transition in government and the possibility of constitutional change.
2016-02-02
The two sisters are in jail in Malaysia where authorities arrested them for trying to escape from the Cambodian employment firm that recruited them.
2016-02-02
Locals blame government official for bulldozing land near casino and authorities for failing to stop it.
2016-02-01
Win Myint says the first day of the body’s new session is a ‘proud day’ in the country’s political history.
2016-01-29
The outgoing speaker of parliament says the November elections that brought to power a new government led by the opposition party were the ‘people’s victory.’
2016-01-29
Timbers are allegedly burned in Mondulkiri province as the government threatens a crackdown on forest crimes.
2016-01-28
He urges the country's political parties to work together with the incoming government led by the opposition National League for Democracy party.
2016-01-27
Human Rights Watch and Freedom House issue their annual reviews of how governments in the region stepped up repression in 2015.
2016-01-21
The government agrees to send 13 Montagnards to the Philippines to wait for asylum, and says it will consider petitions by many others.
2016-01-21
Critics say an investigation into his 2004 death is merely for show.
2016-01-20
The mine had been operating in Siem Reap province with expired government-issued licenses.
2016-01-20
U Gambira is arrested in Mandalay after traveling back to Myanmar for a passport
2016-01-19
The prime minister has threatened to dismiss the governor of Tbong Khmum province, through which much of the timber is smuggled to Vietnam.
2016-01-19
The list includes two major generals and a brigadier general, the son-in-law of former junta chief Than Shwe.
2016-01-19
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants President Thein Sein to free the detainees before the opposition party assumes power.
2016-01-15
Parliamentary speaker Shwe Mann says words that ‘damage the dignity’ of the military should be avoided.
2016-01-14
Villagers continue to apply pressure on Letpadaung mine owners as they seek compensation.
2016-01-14
Mystery illness follows cases of poisoned food and wine sickening villagers in the area.
2016-01-14
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sees hard work ahead forging peace, building the economy and improving Myanmar's media environment.
2016-01-13
Unregulated operations heighten risks while mining companies fear greater scrutiny under a new government.
