Story Archive
2019-03-29
Government army says civilians were caught in a fire fight, but its foe the Arakan Army says there was no battle at the time.
2019-03-28
The rebel Ta’ang National Liberation Army says the government military initiated the attack.
2019-03-27
Various groups are trying to tally casualties from months of fighting between the Arakan Army and government troops.
2019-03-27
Human rights groups interview survivors duped into trafficking between 2012 and 2015 while fleeing Myanmar for Malaysia and Thailand.
2019-03-27
General Gwan Maw, vice chairman of the Kachin Independence Organization, discusses Myanmar’s peace talks and a controversial Chinese dam in his state.
2019-03-27
The military wrote the current constitution with provisions that guarantee its political dominance.
2019-03-26
The decision could set the stage for freeing or reducing the sentences of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
2019-03-26
Oo Hla Saw, a national lawmaker and a leader of the Arakan National Party, discusses the myriad problems facing Myanmar’s beleaguered western state.
2019-03-25
The army was returning fire from Arakan Army units that had ambushed government troops, spokesman says.
2019-03-25
Brigadier General Nyo Tun Aung, deputy commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, discusses fighting the Myanmar Army in Rakhine state.
2019-03-22
Government says they could have been killed by either side, rebels deny that there was a battle.
2019-03-21
But ongoing hostilities in Rakhine state underscore the fragile nature of Aung San Suu Kyi’s peace process.
2019-03-21
Particularly at risk are women displaced by fighting in Myanmar’s Kachin and northern Shan states.
2019-03-21
Tatmadaw issues stock reply that it will take action if shown “concrete evidence” it was behind the expulsion of 740,000 Rohingya in 2017.
2019-03-20
Temple staff describes ‘panic’ and warns that some 2,000 refugees are stretching a monastery’s capacity.
