Story Archive
2018-08-31
The panel’s four members meet with Rakhines, Muslims, Hindus, and Mro in the multiethnic state.
2018-08-30
Assistance has been largely cut off to tens of thousands of IDPs for more than seven years.
2018-08-30
The collapse of the Swar dam spillway due to heavy rain triggered massive flooding that submerged 82 villages.
2018-08-29
Myanmar officials had proposed humanitarian organizations take over relief efforts.
2018-08-29
The collapse of the Swar dam spillway in Bago region floods about 60 villages, forcing residents to seek shelter in monasteries and temporary camps.
2018-08-29
US says pending State Department report on Rohingya crisis "consistent" with damning survey by U.N. investigators
2018-08-28
Isolating the country’s most powerful institution could have harmful results, the government says.
2018-08-27
Several Rohingya in Malaysia were arrested and charged over terrorist-related activities, a top policeman says.
2018-08-27
Facebook removes accounts of military brass for spreading ethnic and religious hatred.
2018-08-25
Rohingya refugees say they would rather die in Bangladesh than return to Myanmar under present conditions.
2018-08-24
The People’s Party will field candidates in the 2020 general election.
2018-08-24
U.N. agency warns of potential “lost generation” of Rohingya boys and girls.
2018-08-22
Myanmar government launched brutal crackdown just days before Feast of Sacrifice, forcing refugees to flee.
2018-08-21
The rights monitoring group interviewed six refugees in Bangladesh offered detailed accounts of abuses.
2018-08-20
Though the Rohingya have been resettled in new homes, they say they need access to markets and schools.
2018-08-20
Delegation visit was first to Rakhine state since thousands fled beginning in August 2017.
2018-08-16
Chairperson Rosario Manalo says there will be ‘no blaming of anyone’ and ‘no finger-pointing.’
2018-08-15
The chairman of Magwe’s NLD party says that people there have been defaming Aung San Suu Kyi in various ways.
2018-08-14
They say that the MoU signed by the government and two UN agencies may not be the answer.
2018-08-13
Instead, they will be called 'displaced persons from Rakhine state,' a Bangladeshi official says.
2018-08-13
A leaked copy of the confidential agreement provides new information about Myanmar’s repatriation plans.
2018-08-09
Aung San Suu Kyi’s office alleges a ‘lack of fairness and transparency’ in the court’s proceedings.
2018-08-08
They say the government must grant their staff access to communities in the state and address the root causes of the crisis.
2018-08-08
Activists note the 1988 movement’s accomplishments, but say further democratic changes are needed.
2018-08-06
Residents seek shelter in Buddhist monasteries after a new clash erupts near Pangkut village in Namtu township.
2018-08-03
More than 1,200 Hindus are living in refugee camps in the townships of Maungdaw and Sittwe.
2018-08-02
Fearing new fighting, villagers take shelter in Buddhist monasteries and in relatives' homes.
