Story Archive
2017-07-11
Yanghee Lee meets with residents of Kyaukphyu who complain that they have not benefitted from a special economic zone and pipeline project.
2017-07-10
The ‘armed terrorists’ are shot dead after they run out of a house following an exchange of gunfire.
2017-07-07
Kyaw Min Swe, editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper The Voice Daily, awaits his next hearing on July 14.
2017-07-07
The two countries will work together to ensure that Myanmar migrant workers are documented to work legally in Thailand.
2017-07-06
The charging of three reporters under the Unlawful Associations Act should not be seen as a problem between the media and the military, she says.
2017-07-06
They believe that local civilian agencies are unable to maintain public order and safety in the unstable region.
2017-07-05
Shells fall in villages in the Indawgyi region, forcing residents to flee.
2017-07-05
Police say everything is now under control following the latest bout of sectarian violence in the state capital Sittwe.
2017-07-03
Foreign workers could face five years in prison and a fine for entering the country illegally.
2017-06-30
State lawmakers call for more security in villages surrounding Maungdaw town to prevent further attacks.
2017-06-30
Meanwhile, journalists enlist civil society in a campaign to repeal the law he is charged under.
2017-06-29
The foreign ministry orders embassies not to grant entry visas for the UN mission charged with investigating army atrocities following the October 2016 attacks by militants.
2017-06-29
More than 60 domestic and international organizations want the government to abolish Article 66(d) or decriminalize defamation.
2017-06-28
The three reporters will go on trial on July 10 for covering an event organized by an ethnic militia.
2017-06-27
The reporters are being detained for ‘having connections’ to an ethnic armed group considered by the state to be a terrorist organization.