Story Archive
2016-11-04
Three convicted of beatings outside National Assembly are released after serving a year of a four-year sentence, but questions remain.
2016-11-04
Aung San Suu Kyi says the government will make public the findings of its investigation of reported atrocities after it collects evidence.
2016-11-03
However, Andy Hall still faces imprisonment after being convicted in a separate complaint.
2016-11-03
Local police blame ethnic armed insurgents for the explosion.
2016-11-03
Renata Lok-Dessallien and other diplomats want a credible investigation of alleged human rights abuses.
2016-11-03
Jailed opposition activists urge both parties to put aside their differences, while others urge Western aid freeze over repression.
2016-11-02
Civil society organizations seek restrictions on sand exports to Singapore citing concern over the environmental and social impact.
2016-11-02
A group of ASEAN parliamentarians is concerned that systems are not in place there to protect the rights of ordinary citizens
2016-11-01
Security guards are escorting teachers who fled violence back to village schools.
2016-10-31
Government troops’ use of heavy artillery has injured two villagers, the rebel army reports.
2016-10-31
While media and outside observers are kept out of a conflict zone, a Rakhine state lawmaker claims residents burned down their own homes.
2016-10-28
They were trying a short-cut across Vietnam to a sensitive temple location back inside Cambodia when stopped.
2016-10-28
Capture of 8 in Ngasakyu follows arrest of two others based on detained insurgent's testimony.
2016-10-27
A spokesman accuses people abroad of circulating old photos to the U.N., rights groups, and international media.
2016-10-27
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court says it needs more time to find witnesses and evidence, as a U.S. diplomat urges renewed talks.
2016-10-26
Myanmar receives an overall ranking of 170 out of 190 economies on the ease of setting up and running a business in the country.
2016-10-26
A powerful legislative committee dominated by the Cambodian People’s Party approved draconian new rules for lawmakers.
2016-10-25
Bao You Xiang says that the United Wa State Army and the Mongla group can work out their issues.
2016-10-24
Some schools open as the area searches for normalcy following the attacks and retaliation.
2016-10-21
The outposts are being constructed along the border with Bangladesh to provide additional security for displaced residents when they return home.
2016-10-20
The investigation serves as a backdrop to the turmoil that roils the nation as Sam Rainsy may seek to return and Hun Manet gets heckled.
2016-10-20
The Rakhine state government will provide them with what they need to return home, official says.
2016-10-19
U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia says the country needs to move out of the past.
2016-10-19
They want military and rebel group leaders to sign a nationwide cease-fire agreement with the government.
2016-10-19
Meanwhile, mayhem in the township has driven 3,000 displaced people to nearby areas.
2016-10-18
Two local groups have donated bags of rice for the villagers via the military because of the area’s security lockdown.
2016-10-18
The asylum seekers say they fear going back to Vietnam, but will go to another country.
2016-10-17
Civil society organizations in Myanmar meanwhile urge authorities to set up camps to house those displaced in the fighting.
2016-10-17
The slain government critic's 100-day funeral ceremony wraps up as former students produce a compilation of his essays.
2016-10-14
The attackers led armed training classes for local extremist youth in Maungdaw township, the government says.
