Story Archive
2017-08-31
More than 27,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar within the past seven days, diplomatic sources say.
2017-08-30
About 18,000 Rohingya crossed into Bangladesh in the last week, the IOM says.
2017-08-29
The country’s National Defense and Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on restoring stability and security in the turbulent region.
2017-08-28
Clashes between Muslim insurgents and security forces continue in the aftermath of a wave of deadly attacks on police outposts.
2017-08-28
Pope Francis tells pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that he is saddened by new of the persecution of the Muslim minority group.
2017-08-25
A militant Rohingya group claims responsibility for the violent raids on 30 police outposts.
2017-08-24
A report issued by an advisory commission on Rakhine state recommends a review of the country's Citizenship Law and an end to restrictions on Muslims.
2017-08-23
President Htin Kyaw says he will consider the group’s recommendations for improving the precarious situation in the western state.
2017-08-23
Guerrilla chief slams Myanmar, says group receives no foreign funding.
2017-08-23
The New Mon State Party will decide whether to sign the nationwide cease-fire agreement in the next three months.
2017-08-21
A members of the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society Group says it had permission from the state government to enter Sadone.
2017-08-21
Aung Ko Htway, who spent nearly a decade as a forced conscript in the Myanmar army, is charged with defaming the military.
2017-08-18
The amendments reduce the jail sentence for violators of Article 66(d) and allow judges to release on bail those charged with defamation.
2017-08-18
Aung Ko Htway, who was forced into the Myanmar army when he was 14, tells the story of his abduction, forced conscription, and time in prison.
2017-08-16
A local ruling party chairman had suggested a plan was in place to arm and train ethnic Rakhines.
2017-08-15
The military has accused Aung Htet of insulting it with a song his music group composed and sang.
2017-08-14
The military says it will use armored cars and helicopters to prevent attacks by militants on ethnic Rakhine residents.
2017-08-11
Lawi Weng of the online journal The Irrawaddy and Aye Nai and Pyae Phone Aung of the Democratic Voice of Burma await their next hearing on Aug. 18.
2017-08-11
The move comes after lawmakers from the Arakan National Party meet with the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces.
2017-08-10
Members of parliament from the Arakan National Party seek help from Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence in Rakhine state
2017-08-10
Government soldiers let vehicles trapped in Mantong leave the town five days after an ambush by an ethnic armed group.
2017-08-09
Villagers seek shelter in a monastery to escape clashes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army and government military.
2017-08-08
Tensions rise after Muslims use slingshots on ethnic Rakhine villagers in a cemetery in Zedibyin village.
2017-08-08
The move follows an attack by Ta’ang National Liberation Army soldiers on a national army convoy in Mantong township.
2017-08-07
Villagers use the opportunity to air their grievances about access to electricity, land grabs, and a lack of irrigation.
2017-08-04
Kyaw Min Swe of the independent newspaper The Voice Daily is granted bail on the tenth attempt.
2017-08-04
But it says that the religious affairs ministry must first file a complaint about the demonstrators who are calling for the government’s overthrow.
2017-08-03
The hardliners call for the overthrow of the National League for Democracy government.
2017-08-03
Six members of the group are found dead, and two remain missing.
2017-08-01
Meanwhile, authorities arrest a township man suspected of being a militant and participating in military training activities.
