Story Archive
2017-01-31
The nation’s prime minister takes another shot at Sam Rainsy and his other rivals.
2017-01-31
Assassin Kyi Lin tells authorities he was hired by someone named Myint Swe in late 2014 to kill Ko Ni.
2017-01-30
The three activists were convicted of interfering with environmentally harmful sand-dredging operations.
2017-01-30
The country's president calls for calm in the wake of the murder of Ko Ni, a Muslim advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi.
2017-01-27
Desire for statehood, basic services puts Rohingya women and girls at risk of child marriage, polygamy.
2017-01-26
Three members of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit convicted of assault have all been promoted.
2017-01-26
Business tycoon Khin Shwe says Aung San Suu Kyi told him to generate funds from Myanmar nationals to assist her efforts to forge peace.
2017-01-26
A regional armed forces commander says the group’s anti-war skit attacked the reputation of servicemen.
2017-01-25
A pair of cases run into a legal roadblock at the country’s high court.
2017-01-25
Authorities say the pair provided support to a rebel militia, while rights groups believe they were arrested for showing reporters a war-damaged church.
2017-01-24
The country’s minister of disaster management reacts to allegations made by 17 Rohingya women in a BenarNews report.
2017-01-24
The coalition of four ethnic armed groups says it wants delegates from China and Myanmar’s largest rebel militia to attend the talks as witnesses.
2017-01-23
Some say they saw loved ones killed before their eyes.
2017-01-23
Authorities are investigating their deaths as murders in the violence-ridden area of northern Rakhine state.
2017-01-19
Seventeen of 54 women tell BenarNews they were sexually assaulted by Myanmar security forces.