Story Archive
2017-10-31
The country's opposition party says it will monitor changes to ensure they respect the rights of ethnic Rakhine residents.
2017-10-30
Refugees have cut down 1 million trees for firewood and building camps, forest officer says.
2017-10-30
Hindu refugees describe being held at gunpoint in September by Muslims.
2017-10-27
Home minister says he refused to sign statement after section calling for granting citizenship was pulled.
2017-10-27
They had taken journalists to view a church damaged by a government airstrike in northern Shan state.
2017-10-26
U Shit Maung, brother of former lawmaker from ruling Awami League, detained as he tried to board a flight to Myanmar, police say.
2017-10-25
They say the imposition of restrictions by the US and other Western nations could harm the country's economy and democratic transition.
2017-10-24
Officials assure their Bangladeshi counterparts that they will take back Muslims who fled across the border.
2017-10-24
Negotiations with the main Chinese investor in a deep-sea port initiative are ongoing.
2017-10-23
Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj urges Myanmar to take back members of the Muslim minority.
2017-10-20
Aung San Suu Kyi asks the businessmen to donate funds to a new government committee dedicated to developing the impoverished state.
2017-10-19
Guards open fire on 600 people who trespassed on an authorized mining site to search for cast-off stones to sell.
2017-10-18
Police have arrested the chairman of a Myanmar conglomerate for possession of guns and methamphetamines.
2017-10-17
Local officials say as many as 40,000 Rohingya arrived during the past three days.
2017-10-17
Jeffrey Feltman, the UN’s under-secretary-general for political affairs, wants authorities to implement recommendations outlined by an advisory commission.