Story Archive
2018-07-31
Many fear the effort to probe a campaign the UN has called “ethnic cleansing” will repeat a pattern of whitewashing documented atrocities.
2018-07-30
Eight states and divisions hit as rescuers call for more boats and warn of food shortfalls.
2018-07-25
The landslide is the latest in a series of deadly waste-heap collapses in Hpakant in recent years.
2018-07-23
Meanwhile, a statue planned for Kayah state will be built in spite of local opposition, a state leader says.
2018-07-19
A report by the rights group says it has found ‘reasonable grounds’ that atrocities committed against civilians constitute genocide and crimes against humanity.
2018-07-18
The armed forces have transferred the acreage to the government to give back to its owners, but there have been delays.
2018-07-17
An ethnic militia accuses the government army of killing the women and dumping their bodies in a forested area.
2018-07-17
The country's civilian government must work harder to resolve claims and prevent further abuses, the rights group says.
2018-07-16
ARSA insurgents were involved in some of the brutal killings, refugees allege.
2018-07-16
Six days of talks produce agreement on 14 basic principles, but tough security issues remain.
2018-07-16
Hostilities intensify between the RCSS/SSA and Myanmar forces in the war-torn region.
2018-07-13
She urges militias that have signed the government’s cease-fire accord to discussion outside of formal conference settings.
2018-07-12
Militias based along the China-Myanmar border have yet to decide whether they will sign the government’s nationwide cease-fire pact.
2018-07-11
Talks have been delayed by renewed fighting in Shan and Kachin states, while Rakhine strife is not on the agenda.
2018-07-10
Karen NGOs say dams hurt ethnic villagers who are forced to give up land on which their lives and livelihoods depend.
2018-07-10
The charges come a day after authorities level some 50 newly built homes near a Muslim settlement that burned down by the army.
2018-07-09
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo plead not guilty and say they did nothing to harm the state’s interests.
2018-07-06
Demonstrators say the government should be focusing instead on foimproving relations with the country's ethnic minority groups and forging peace.
2018-07-06
The country is slowly shutting down the facilities to comply with recommendations made by a previous advisory commission.
2018-07-05
Hong Liang says Beijing backs Myanmar’s efforts to bring warring ethnic groups to the negotiation table.
2018-07-05
Ko Ko Gyi, a leader of Myanmar’s 88 Generation student democracy movement, discusses efforts to register the Four Eights People’s Party.
2018-07-02
Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim visit refugee camps in Bangladesh.
2018-07-02
Representatives are warned not to say anything at the conference that would embarrass the armed forces.
2018-07-02
Lawyers for the defense and prosecution present final arguments in the pretrial phase of the case.
