Story Archive
2016-04-29
Civil society groups have demanded that the government form a commission to inspect mines that have violated industry regulations.
2016-04-29
Authorities are working to alleviate the acute water shortages in Kampong Thom, Stung Treng and Battambang provinces.
2016-04-28
CNRP members ask King Norodom Sihamoni to intervene as the political situation grows more difficult.
2016-04-28
Hundreds of monks and others marched in Yangon over use of term for western Myanmar’s Muslim nationals.
2016-04-27
Religious leaders urge calm in country racked by inter-faith tensions.
2016-04-27
The Anti-Corruption Unit interrogates four Adhoc officials about their legal representation of Kem Sokha’s alleged mistress.
2016-04-27
The state counselor says she will lead efforts to include armed ethnic groups who have not signed a nationwide cease-fire pact.
2016-04-26
Smugglers are now using private vehicles instead of trucks in order to avoid detection, sources say.
2016-04-26
The discussions will be the first such peace initiative conducted by the new government.
2016-04-26
Prison officials are subjecting Um Sam An to constant surveillance and denying him his right to visitors.
2016-04-26
Thousands are paying human traffickers as much as U.S. $100 to transport them illegally across the border to escape dismal job prospects at home.
2016-04-25
Lawsuit over comments on motivation behind an opposition party leader's sex scandal raises concern about democracy.
2016-04-25
Parliamentary deputies have pledged to help locals who lost land to the building of the capital Naypyidaw and the Letpadaung copper mine project.
2016-04-23
Military-backed former ruling party says Shwe Mann and followers were pushed out for 'not obeying party rules.'
2016-04-22
Prime Minister Hun Sen says the charges against Um Sam An, who has accused the ruling party of conceding land to Vietnam, are justified.
2016-04-22
Government claims early victories, but questions remain about the Hun Sen regime’s effort.
2016-04-22
She says the new government will foster better relations with other countries.
2016-04-21
Spokesman rejects Bangladeshi border guard assertion that deportations were not obstructed by Myanmar.
2016-04-21
About 300 residents of Buthidaung township are seeking shelter in nearby Sithaung village.
2016-04-20
Government administrators are working with law enforcement officials to wipe the detainees' slates clean in a matter of days.
2016-04-20
U.N. and U.S. express concern over vulnerability of communities in the Rakhine state.
2016-04-19
Additional government troops have moved into Rakhine state as tensions continue with armed ethnic rebels.
2016-04-18
Building of military outpost leads to a dispute between the two countries as the frontier remains unsettled.
2016-04-18
The new government structure will give the country’s ethnic groups greater autonomy and help forge peace, she says.
2016-04-15
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wants the new government to guarantee them freedoms enshrined in international human rights covenants.
2016-04-14
The 'spirit of unity' trips up on an altercation with a process server and a novel lawsuit that seeks to put the Cambodian government on trial.
2016-04-13
Restrictions on Myanmar's Rohingya minority remained a problem last year, with repression of dissent and freedom of expression seen in Vietnam and Cambodia.
2016-04-13
A group from Zaykabar Company Ltd. demolish a building on the grounds after monastery officials file a police report against them.
2016-04-12
Um Sam An faces up to five years in prison for accusing the ruling party of conceding land to Vietnam and using improper maps to demarcate the border.
