Story Archive
2020-06-30
A report on a secret court-martial reveals few details on the convictions in the Gu Dar Pyin village killings.
2020-06-29
About 10,000 civilians have already fled Kyauktan village and nearby areas.
2020-06-26
Residents confirm the army has been stationed among Buddhist temples in historic Mrauk-U.
2020-06-25
Save the Children interviewed 223 kids at camps in southeastern Bangladesh about the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-06-25
Fishermen and other community members in North Aceh help 94 Rohingya come ashore.
2020-06-25
Move to cut supplies to the Arakan Army leave the mostly ethnic Chin civilians to survive on bananas and vegetables.
2020-06-24
A charity spokeswoman praises Acehnese people for preparing to feed and shelter the refugees.
2020-06-24
Police have charged them under the country’s Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law.
2020-06-23
Aung San Suu Kyi and senior officials are allotted plots of land in the capital at special prices.
2020-06-23
An army spokesman cites separatist incitement and security breaches for the year-long ban, which has cut off residents from needed information and help from aid groups.
2020-06-19
Coronavirus response, journalism, and humanitarian aid have been crippled by the shutdown, Human Rights Watch says.
2020-06-18
Phyo Min Thein was accused of flouting coronavirus restrictions and budget irregularities.
2020-06-17
Malaysian official denies it; foreign minister defends country’s treatment of Rohingya.
2020-06-17
Rights groups say holding so many dissenters does not befit a hard-won democracy.
2020-06-15
The detainees were arrested in mid-March, when government soldiers entered the region amid fighting.
2020-06-15
Phyo Min Thein, once a rising star in the NLD, cites an unspecified ‘health condition.’
2020-06-12
The boat was reported by Malaysian authorities to be in Thai waters, but Thai patrols have seen no sign of it.
2020-06-12
The prediction comes a day after unknown assailants knifed a government army officer and abducted another soldier.
2020-06-10
Thai naval official denies presence of the boat, said to be carrying 300 people.
2020-06-10
An army spokesman says the new pages will ‘provide timely and accurate information related to the Tatmadaw.’
2020-06-10
Most of the loans are 30-year debt from 1988-2010, when a military junta ruled the country.
2020-06-09
Dhaka’s top diplomat says his country won’t allow Malaysia to send the 269 refugees to Bangladesh.
2020-06-09
Chinese traders could be linked to online gambling businesses or be selling fraudulent products, a local trader says.
2020-06-08
Officials detained 269 refugees off the boat and took them to a camp.
2020-06-08
The government army and the KIA have no plan or agreement for the IDPs to return home.
2020-06-08
Authorities have requested that returnees pass through official repatriation camps to have medical screenings before they go to their villages.
2020-06-05
A lawmaker says he fears that their abrupt departure will weaken the rule of law in Myebon township.
2020-06-04
The main, military-backed opposition believes the ruling party can gain advantage from delaying the start of campaigning.
2020-06-04
Myanmar's military declines to confirm numbers, though, adding that ethnic troops sometimes dress as civilians.
2020-06-04
The man illegally entered Rakhine state from a refugee camp in neighboring Bangladesh with his family.
