Story Archive
2019-01-31
The fledgling democracy should repeal or amend draconian laws that criminalize free speech and assembly, HRW says, citing multiple abuses.
2019-01-31
Top military leader says he has already agreed to amend the charter when the time is right.
2019-01-31
With a shrapnel injury to his head, the boy died in transit to Yangon for emergency treatment.
2019-01-30
A minister floats the idea of downsizing or relocating the $3.6 billion Myitsone Dam, suspended since 2011.
2019-01-30
Discussions among legislators on amendments will likely begin in February.
2019-01-29
Military MPs oppose the measure put forward by the ruling party and boycott the vote.
2019-01-28
Rescue personnel try to free two other trapped workers.
2019-01-28
Residents of Ohn Chaung village accuse government soldiers of taking cash, jewelry, and cell phones.
2019-01-25
The accused groups fault the army for tensions and say they don’t trust conditional peace offers.
2019-01-25
Technical, humanitarian and security assessments of Bhashan Char are needed, special rapporteur says.
2019-01-24
‘Terrorists’ from neighboring Bangladesh fire shots across the border, a spokesman for the military’s Western Command says.
2019-01-23
Christine Schraner Burgener also calls for restraint in government military’s conflict with Arakan Army.
2019-01-23
The nearly four dozen workers say brokers promised them good wages at the site in Yunnan province.
2019-01-22
Officials charged 31 with illegal infiltration after they spent days trapped in no-man’s land.
2019-01-22
Civilians displaced by armed conflict want ‘solid guarantee’ that they will be safe once they return home.
