Story Archive
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.
2015-10-13
Recent migrants are joining with soldiers to fell trees and confiscate cleared land, sources say.
2015-10-13
She had compared military uniforms to a sarong worn by Aung San Suu Kyi.
2015-10-13
The pair has volunteered to resettle in the Southeast Asian nation from a camp on the Pacific island of Nauru.
2015-10-12
He says protests over alleged poll fraud should not be mistaken for a popular revolt.
2015-10-09
A Myanmar negotiator says they don’t want western observers involved in the process.
2015-10-09
Local police and other officials may be helping those clearing the land, sources say.
2015-10-08
The move follows an attack by government troops two days earlier against the same group.
2015-10-08
The mostly Christian minority group denies claims that they are economic migrants, and call for assistance from the UN and NGOs.
2015-10-08
Independent unions are not satisfied with the increase to U.S. $140 from the current U.S. $128 a month.
2015-10-07
The group will join seven others in inking the agreement with the government.
2015-10-07
Evidence presented in court has already established his client's innocence, senator's lawyer says.