Story Archive
2018-01-30
The Kachin Independence Army believes that the military has stepped up its assaults to force the group to sign a key peace pact.
2018-01-30
The students are demanding increases in the country’s underfunded education budget.
2018-01-29
ARSA insurgents took a camp leader and his brother, according to an eyewitness.
2018-01-29
Soldiers clash again with the Kachin Independence Army in Tanaing township.
2018-01-29
Many vow not to return if they must promise not to protest in the future.
2018-01-26
A team of local lawmakers will investigate the killings of ethnic Rakhines during a police crackdown.
2018-01-25
A few hundred people are huddling together in a camp built exclusively for Hindus.
2018-01-25
Bill Richardson says he opted to step down because the board sounded like ‘a cheerleading squad for government policy.’
2018-01-24
A team of investigators is examining a police crackdown in the ancient town in Rakhine state that left seven people dead.
2018-01-23
The reforms the country created in 2015 have not curbed labor abuses in the industry.
2018-01-23
The judge defers a decision until the prosecution and the defense question the police chief at the next hearing.
2018-01-22
Myanmar claims it is ‘ready’ but Bangladesh has no date for start of repatriation.
2018-01-22
They also say police committed rights violations during a crackdown that left seven dead last week.
2018-01-19
Criticism is mounting over the police response to a protest and the arrest of a local lawmaker.
2018-01-19
Leaders also post a set of 21 demands as pre-conditions for returning to Myanmar.
2018-01-18
Aye Maung is held for a nationalist speech, while organizers of an event that turned deadly also face charges.
2018-01-17
The victims had gathered for an anniversary event that escalated amid calls for Rakhine sovereignty.
2018-01-16
An agreement specifies how long the resettlement would take, but not when it will begin.
2018-01-12
Joint working group plans two-day talks a week before process is to begin.
2018-01-12
Taro Kono calls on Aung San Suu Kyi to ensure the safe and voluntary return of Muslim refugees from Bangladesh.
2018-01-12
An NLD spokesperson predicts a further reshuffle of ministers under Aung San Suu Kyi's government.
2018-01-11
One legal expert says the statement issued by an army investigation team reads like a ‘radio play with a plot’ and a defense of the military.
2018-01-10
Some in Myanmar’s media sector say Thet Oo Maung and Kyaw Soe Oo of Reuters news agency are victims of police entrapment.
2018-01-10
Officials say the facilities for Rohingya refugees are ready, but Bangladesh is holding up the process.
2018-01-09
They must not be returned to ‘genocide zones’ without security and citizenship, says the chairman of the Burma Task Force USA.
2018-01-09
Bill Clinton calls the detentions of Thet Oo Maung and Kyaw Soe Oo ‘unacceptable.’
2018-01-08
Under agreement with Myanmar, Bangladesh was to begin returning refugees on Jan. 22.
2018-01-08
Officials say the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army seeks to undermine its plan to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.
2018-01-05
The government military clashes with Kachin Independence Army soldiers and blocks a route used to smuggle timber to China.
2018-01-05
Another is injured as a slag heap collapses on migrant workers hunting jade left over from mining operations.
