Story Archive
2016-12-30
The home affairs minister says the country will not accept a ‘food flotilla’ with rice and other supplies for residents of the violence-ravaged state.
2016-12-30
Foes say they don’t oppose the government, just the road through a religious site.
2016-12-29
Dhaka also lodges diplomatic protest over alleged shooting of fishermen by a trawler from Myanmar.
2016-12-29
Sirazuhut from Wet Kyein village had been working with local authorities on regional development activities.
2016-12-29
Two local lawmakers are evacuating residents whose safety is threatened by clashes between government soldiers and an ethnic armed group.
2016-12-29
The protest closed National Road 5 near the location of the incident.
2016-12-28
Some state legislators say the term of the investigation commission responsible for the report should be extended.
2016-12-28
Clashes between the government military and ethnic armed groups are driving up the number of displaced people in the region.
2016-12-28
Hun Sen makes Sot Vanny and Mao Hoeun full colonels as Kem Ley investigation draws to a close.
2016-12-27
The assailants who carried out the attacks exploited security weaknesses at the stations, commission chairman says.
2016-12-27
Eight others have been injured during the clashes in northern Shan state’s Kyaukme township.
2016-12-27
Environmentalists find 10 calves in the Mekong River, but danger still looms from illegal fishing and habitat destruction.
2016-12-27
A conviction for posting a fake treaty and a questionable automobile accident expose issues with the country’s justice system.
2016-12-23
Shuna Mya from Ngakhura village turns up dead after talking to reporters who visited the violence-ravaged township in Rakhine state.
2016-12-23
Um Sam An's Facebook postings on Cambodia's border controversy had damaged the government's dignity, the appeals court says.
2016-12-22
The border affairs and security minister of Rakhine state says people in the region must work together to find guns taken by attackers.
2016-12-22
Heng Samrin says the investigation falls outside of the legislature’s jurisdiction.
2016-12-21
The asylum seekers fail to gain refugee status, and more of the ethnic group are likely to be sent back.
2016-12-21
The force's chief tells journalists visiting violence-wracked Maungdaw township that the attackers organized Muslims residents to participate in clashes with security forces.
2016-12-21
The government’s probe into the murder of the popular analyst appears to have made little headway.
2016-12-20
The group will ensure that the money goes to cease-fire talks and the country’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center.
2016-12-20
A new memorandum of understanding gives the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights two more years.
2016-12-20
Retno L.P. Marsudi meets with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other officials.
2016-12-19
Serey Sam says the government's reason for his brother's death in prison makes no sense as he was in good health.
2016-12-19
No casualties are reported in the skirmish between the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
2016-12-19
Malaysia’s top diplomat calls for the regional group to work together to provide humanitarian assistance to the affected area.
2016-12-19
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention says detaining the four human rights workers and an election official violated their rights.
2016-12-16
Clashes between government military soldiers and the Shan State Army and Kachin Independence Army occur early Friday morning.
2016-12-16
A group of 13 reporters will travel to the violence-ridden area for three days under a security detail.
2016-12-15
Myanmar has invited ASEAN officials to a retreat Monday in Yangon to discuss Rakhine state crisis.
