Story Archive
2015-10-30
Despite a posted threat to harm NLD workers, local police see 'no political reason' for the assault.
2015-10-30
Drivers describe taking nearly 200 young men by truck from the PM's bodyguard base to the National Assembly.
2015-10-29
Rights group, scholars say Muslim minority faces existential threat from government policies and popular prejudice.
2015-10-29
He had been sought by police for leading protests against an education law supporting greater government control.
2015-10-29
Local people report 'poison gas' shells falling in the mountains that affect their ability to speak or understand language.
2015-10-28
But some say he is trying to fix a situation he allowed to get out of hand.
2015-10-28
The group also is urging President Thein to release student protesters detained in Tharrawaddy prison.
2015-10-28
Accused of killing villagers by black magic, he was bludgeoned and stoned by a mob of hundreds.
2015-10-27
A total of 16 townships have been affected amid troop clashes in the region.
2015-10-27
The move comes following an investigation of Vietnam Rubber Group’s plantation activities in Cambodia.
2015-10-26
But he acknowledges that his party will struggle in upcoming polls.
2015-10-26
The assaults occur during a pro-ruling party demonstration outside the parliament building.
2015-10-23
A local political party wants voting for the upcoming general elections postponed in the area.
2015-10-23
They say the guards shot at them when they asked to cut trees on a local land concession.
2015-10-23
Military-linked groups and drug lords control the trade through violence and intimidation, London-based Global Witness says.
2015-10-22
Observers suggest the move is meant to consolidate the leader’s grip on power.
2015-10-22
Some of the country’s 35,000 nationals living abroad have encountered ballot glitches, incorrect voter lists and long lines outside embassies.
2015-10-21
They say soldiers are using rifles to chase them off their farmland.
2015-10-21
An election official says polls may be affected if fighting continues in the area.
2015-10-21
The United Nations refugee agency says it is still trying to find a third country for them to settle in.
2015-10-20
The EU mission will remain in the country until December to get a comprehensive picture of the Nov. 8 general elections.
2015-10-20
Trial for infection of 270 Roka villagers is held under tight security, strict reporting controls.
2015-10-19
The information minister says the law protects those targeted by their insults.
2015-10-16
Security is tight in the region devastated by communal violence in recent years.
2015-10-15
But critics say the pact is missing key players and question the government’s commitment to peace.
2015-10-15
More than 270 villagers were infected when defendant reused needles in an unlicensed clinic.
2015-10-15
Members of a Phnong indigenous community say a local military chief forced them from their homes and seized their rice fields.
2015-10-14
Arakan Army commander Renin Su is picked up and charged under the country’s anti-terrorism law.
2015-10-14
They say the law has been applied unfairly to government detractors.
2015-10-14
The latest hostilities come a day before the government plans to sign a nationwide cease-fire accord with eight of the country’s armed ethnic groups.
