Story Archive
2017-08-15
The military has accused Aung Htet of insulting it with a song his music group composed and sang.
2017-08-14
The military says it will use armored cars and helicopters to prevent attacks by militants on ethnic Rakhine residents.
2017-08-11
Lawi Weng of the online journal The Irrawaddy and Aye Nai and Pyae Phone Aung of the Democratic Voice of Burma await their next hearing on Aug. 18.
2017-08-11
The move comes after lawmakers from the Arakan National Party meet with the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces.
2017-08-10
Members of parliament from the Arakan National Party seek help from Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to end the violence in Rakhine state
2017-08-10
Government soldiers let vehicles trapped in Mantong leave the town five days after an ambush by an ethnic armed group.
2017-08-09
Villagers seek shelter in a monastery to escape clashes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army and government military.
2017-08-08
Tensions rise after Muslims use slingshots on ethnic Rakhine villagers in a cemetery in Zedibyin village.
2017-08-08
The move follows an attack by Ta’ang National Liberation Army soldiers on a national army convoy in Mantong township.
2017-08-07
Villagers use the opportunity to air their grievances about access to electricity, land grabs, and a lack of irrigation.
2017-08-04
Kyaw Min Swe of the independent newspaper The Voice Daily is granted bail on the tenth attempt.
2017-08-04
But it says that the religious affairs ministry must first file a complaint about the demonstrators who are calling for the government’s overthrow.
2017-08-03
The hardliners call for the overthrow of the National League for Democracy government.
2017-08-03
Six members of the group are found dead, and two remain missing.
2017-08-01
Meanwhile, authorities arrest a township man suspected of being a militant and participating in military training activities.
