Story Archive
2019-12-31
Experts say the AA is following the pattern of other ethnic armies in imposing taxes in areas it controls.
2019-12-30
Rights activists decry the lack of transparency and the government's denial of the mass killings in question.
2019-12-30
The Sagaing region residents say they were not given promised payments for confiscated farmland.
2019-12-30
About 162,000 predominantly ethnic Karen civilians remain internally displaced in southeastern Myanmar.
2019-12-27
Officials react to an NGO’s report that calls measures including barbed-wire fencing and watchtowers “counterproductive.”
2019-12-27
The national army says the abductions are meant to disrupt government control in northern Rakhine state.
2019-12-27
Aungthabyae village official Moe Lin says he tried to mediate a conflict between villagers and police.
2019-12-26
Ichiro Maruyama says his government does not believe Myanmar carried out genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
2019-12-26
The rebel Arakan Army was detaining Ye Thein when the armed assault occurred.
2019-12-23
Senior officers broke the law by revealing the child's identity and must now be charged, protesters say.
2019-12-23
The military claims that the blockade is necessary to prevent the flow of supplies to the Arakan Army.
2019-12-20
Rohingya women and children are being trafficked from refugee camps, Bangladeshi minister tells BenarNews.
2019-12-20
The 14-year-old’s aunt is an accomplice in efforts to send her to work in China.
2019-12-20
Their traffickers meanwhile remain at large.
2019-12-19
Delegation visited refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to discuss repatriation efforts.
