Story Archive
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.
2017-06-27
State parliament speaker calls on lawmakers and the Rakhine government to work together to ensure the area’s safety.
2017-06-26
Police fire on migrant workers after they beat security officers and destroy machinery at the Wakyae jade mine.
2017-06-26
The journalists are arrested as they return from a narcotics-burning event held by the Ta’ang National Liberation Organization.
2017-06-23
Chinese bank officials say they are working on reopening the accounts of those found not to be involved in illegal activities.
2017-06-23
Kyaw Min Swe, editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper The Voice Daily, awaits his next court date on June 30.
2017-06-22
They are solidifying their ties to the United Wa State Army, the country’s largest nonstate armed forces.
2017-06-22
Two are shot dead, while a third man is killed during a struggle with a soldier who stepped on his head.
2017-06-21
The group says that clashes between the national military and Kachin Independence Army could harm the peace process.
2017-06-21
Officials recommend collaborative efforts; Amnesty International seeks protection, legal status for refugees.