Story Archive
2020-09-08
The two privates implicate themselves and 17 other perpetrators from the Myanmar Army.
2020-09-08
Health workers say crowded war displaced camps raise risks of infection.
2020-09-08
However, the refugees there since May want to move to the mainland to be closer to their community.
2020-09-04
Witnesses say that a column of soldiers torched homes in two communities, forcing villagers to flee.
2020-09-03
Four civilians have been killed and 20 injured in mortar shellings and shootings since Aug. 16.
2020-09-03
The NLD says L Phaung Sho’s removal was driven by resentful MPs who were dropped from the November election slate.
2020-09-03
Rohingya are not blocked from voting because of their race or religion, but because they're not citizens, Myanmar's election commission chairman says.
2020-09-02
Yang Jiechi is seen as bolstering ties, pursuing goals with ASEAN, and reconfirming Belt and Road commitments.
2020-08-31
Amid an ethnic war, some local Rakhine people see a propaganda campaign to scare them.
2020-08-31
Phoe San says he was unaware that his army major son had joined the Arakan Army.
2020-08-31
Officials cut access nearly a year ago after about 200,000 marked anniversary of Myanmar exodus.
2020-08-28
Community leaders back the testimonies of other civilians who were detained by the soldiers along with the trio.
2020-08-28
The displaced civilians are in a camp controlled by the Kachin Independence Army, which is at war with the national army.
2020-08-27
A 20-month armed conflict has forced some 200,000 civilians to shelter in cramped camps.
2020-08-27
Citizenship denial, travel curbs cloud medical school dreams of Muhammad Ayaz.
2020-08-26
Local political and religious figures call for transparency in the military’s handling of the case.
2020-08-25
'We want to go back to our country, but we will go back with our rights as citizens,' one refugee camp leader says.
2020-08-25
A military spokesman says government soldiers were not involved.
2020-08-24
Thousands of boys and girls sheltering at camps in Bangladesh remain traumatized by the horrors they witnessed, experts say.
2020-08-21
But stakeholders have a long way to go to build a federal democratic union, analysts say.
2020-08-21
The UNHCR calls on Myanmar to create conditions conducive to the return of Rohingya refugees driven from the country by the military.
2020-08-19
Ethnic groups say lack of equality and human rights fuel conflicts that go back to 1948.
2020-08-19
Myanmar's military is arresting more civilians as fighting continues in the region.
2020-08-18
The rules promote unfair and nontransparent practices, the vice chairman of the People’s Party says.
2020-08-17
News about the 11 men, and their salaries, have run out since their capture over the past several months.
2020-08-17
The candidates are disqualified over questions about their parents' citizenship.
2020-08-17
Kachin Independence Army spokesman Col. Naw Bu says the KIA will not not interfere with voting in government-controlled areas.
2020-08-14
‘People have asked me if my candidacy was rejected because I am a Muslim or a Rohingya,’ says Abdul Rasheed.
2020-08-14
Hla Thein, chairman of the Union Election Commission, discusses balloting issues in Rakhine state.
2020-08-14
The seven-member group cites coronavirus restrictions, snub of allied Arakan Army.
