Story Archive
2017-01-31
The nation’s prime minister takes another shot at Sam Rainsy and his other rivals.
2017-01-31
Assassin Kyi Lin tells authorities he was hired by someone named Myint Swe in late 2014 to kill Ko Ni.
2017-01-30
The three activists were convicted of interfering with environmentally harmful sand-dredging operations.
2017-01-30
The country's president calls for calm in the wake of the murder of Ko Ni, a Muslim advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi.
2017-01-27
Desire for statehood, basic services puts Rohingya women and girls at risk of child marriage, polygamy.
2017-01-26
Three members of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit convicted of assault have all been promoted.
2017-01-26
Business tycoon Khin Shwe says Aung San Suu Kyi told him to generate funds from Myanmar nationals to assist her efforts to forge peace.
2017-01-26
A regional armed forces commander says the group’s anti-war skit attacked the reputation of servicemen.
2017-01-25
A pair of cases run into a legal roadblock at the country’s high court.
2017-01-25
Authorities say the pair provided support to a rebel militia, while rights groups believe they were arrested for showing reporters a war-damaged church.
2017-01-24
The country’s minister of disaster management reacts to allegations made by 17 Rohingya women in a BenarNews report.
2017-01-24
The coalition of four ethnic armed groups says it wants delegates from China and Myanmar’s largest rebel militia to attend the talks as witnesses.
2017-01-23
Some say they saw loved ones killed before their eyes.
2017-01-23
Authorities are investigating their deaths as murders in the violence-ridden area of northern Rakhine state.
2017-01-19
Seventeen of 54 women tell BenarNews they were sexually assaulted by Myanmar security forces.
2017-01-19
The country’s commander-in-chief’s office says the rebel militia directed illegal logging activities from the base.
2017-01-19
Premier Najib Razak warns that Islamic extremists could use the situation to radicalize members of the Muslim minority group.
2017-01-18
Yanghee Lee also meets with the chairman of a commission probing the situation there to find out the group’s investigation methods.
2017-01-18
The lawsuit is the latest round fired in the legal war against opposition party leader Sam Rainsy.
2017-01-17
Kuala Lumpur will host a meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Thursday.
2017-01-17
They fear that authorities have detained two leaders from a religious group for showing journalists damage from clashes in northern Shan state.
2017-01-17
The prime minister wants to strip a rival of an important title as opposition legal issues deepen and bribery accusations fly.
2017-01-13
The judge granted Din Puthy bail, but he faces travel restrictions over the incident.
2017-01-12
But civil society organizations says the reduction is an example of the country’s legal double standard.
2017-01-11
Residents of three communities protest the government’s lack of action over their land claims.
2017-01-11
The internally displaced persons from Kachin state are stuck on a road in a conflict zone.
2017-01-11
Seventeen people tell an opposition lawmaker the national interest trumps their freedom.
2017-01-10
Slayings had nothing do with violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Selangor police chief says.
2017-01-10
They will try to reduce tensions over the influx of Muslims that have poured over the border to escape violence in northern Rakhine state.
2017-01-10
Yanghee Lee, who is on a 12-day visit to the country, makes stops at refugee camps before heading to Rakhine state.
