Story Archive
2017-06-15
A village administrator says the three insulted him in a Facebook post.
2017-06-14
New hostilities force workers from the Tanaing gold and amber mining region to return to their hometowns in other parts of the country.
2017-06-13
Authorities say they will continue tearing down the shacks to make way for a residential project.
2017-06-12
The move is the first forced eviction under the administration of de facto national leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
2017-06-08
Lawyers for the detained pair say courts are bending the law by not allowing their clients to post bail.
2017-06-07
The national army drops fliers from a helicopter warning those living in the region to evacuate the area before a clearing operation on June 15.
2017-06-06
They form a committee to demand that the government abolish a law used by those in power to sue them for defamation.
2017-06-05
General Than Htut says 36 ethnic villages have already been built in restive Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships.
2017-06-02
They are part of a group of 50 residents of Thaketa township who gathered to pray in front of an Islamic school closed by local authorities in April.
2017-06-02
Newspaper had mocked propaganda film by powerful army in March, drawing charges under controversial telecommunications law in May.
2017-06-01
Authorities in Mansi township in violence-ridden Kachin state are looking for witnesses to the crime.
2017-05-31
Worst hit is Rakhine state where tens of thousands of Muslims are living among the remnants of destroyed tents in internally displaced persons camps.
2017-05-31
The Natural Fruit Co. had sued Andy Hall over a TV interview in Myanmar.
2017-05-30
The men were detained after gathering firewood near their refugee camp, and their bodies bore signs of torture, sources say.
2017-05-30
The victim is the second local administrator from Buthidaung township murdered by unknown assailants in May.