Story Archive
2015-10-15
Members of a Phnong indigenous community say a local military chief forced them from their homes and seized their rice fields.
2015-10-14
Arakan Army commander Renin Su is picked up and charged under the country’s anti-terrorism law.
2015-10-14
They say the law has been applied unfairly to government detractors.
2015-10-14
The latest hostilities come a day before the government plans to sign a nationwide cease-fire accord with eight of the country’s armed ethnic groups.
2015-10-13
Recent migrants are joining with soldiers to fell trees and confiscate cleared land, sources say.
2015-10-13
She had compared military uniforms to a sarong worn by Aung San Suu Kyi.
2015-10-13
The pair has volunteered to resettle in the Southeast Asian nation from a camp on the Pacific island of Nauru.
2015-10-12
He says protests over alleged poll fraud should not be mistaken for a popular revolt.
2015-10-09
A Myanmar negotiator says they don’t want western observers involved in the process.
2015-10-09
Local police and other officials may be helping those clearing the land, sources say.
2015-10-08
The move follows an attack by government troops two days earlier against the same group.
2015-10-08
The mostly Christian minority group denies claims that they are economic migrants, and call for assistance from the UN and NGOs.
2015-10-08
Independent unions are not satisfied with the increase to U.S. $140 from the current U.S. $128 a month.
2015-10-07
The group will join seven others in inking the agreement with the government.
2015-10-07
Evidence presented in court has already established his client's innocence, senator's lawyer says.
2015-10-07
The 24 Vietnamese Christians have grown frustrated by the long wait for a decision about their asylum requests.
2015-10-06
National League for Democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi ends several days of campaigning in Kachin state.
2015-10-06
An insurgent spokesman says the assault was retribution for snubbing the talks.
2015-10-05
They petition parliament before police disperse the procession.
2015-10-05
The asylum-seekers say they face political persecution back home if they are forced to return.
2015-10-05
Ashin Wirathu discusses Myanmar’s political parties and their support for nationalism.
2015-10-02
Hong Sok Hour's request to be released on bail due to ill health is refused.
2015-10-02
A government official says more groups will sign the pact later.
2015-10-01
The group of nine says they fear persecution if returned to Cambodia's communist neighbor.
2015-09-30
Only seven of 19 armed ethnic groups agree to sign a final nationwide cease-fire agreement with the government.
2015-09-30
A Cambodia-based rights group is being denied access to opposition figures held at a prison in Phnom Penh.
2015-09-29
Soldiers move against villages to add property to a retired veterans' commune.
2015-09-29
The police chief of Siem Reap province says the 26-year-old has confessed to making threats on social media.
2015-09-28
They accuse companies, the government and military of encroaching upon their land.
2015-09-28
He touts the party as the force behind democratic change in the country.
