Myanmar court allows jailed Reuters reporters’ appeal to proceed – lawyer RMyanmar’s High Court has allowed an appeal to proceed in the case of two Reuters reporters jailed for seven years on charges of breaking […]
Rohingya repatriation, relocation plans set to be pushed back to 2019: Govt official Bangladesh’s plans to tackle the Rohingya refugee crisis are set to be stalled until the new year with repatriation and relocation programs […]
Myanmar police shoot, injure four in raid on Rohingya camp: witness Myanmar police shot and injured four Rohingya Muslims on Sunday, after detaining two men accused of smuggling people out of a camp for displaced […]
500 villagers flee as Tatmadaw, SSPP/SSA combats in Hsipaw Over 500 internally displaced people fled and took refuge at a monastery following clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Shan State Progressive Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) […]
Pence: Myanmar jailing of Reuters pair ‘deeply troubling’ The jailing of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar over their reporting of the Rohingya crisis is “deeply troubling”, US Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday, describing a […]
Aung San Suu Kyi stance on Rohingya ‘indefensible’: Malaysia PM Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s response to the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims is “indefensible”, Malaysia’s leader said Tuesday in a withering criticism of the […]
Amnesty International strips Myanmar’s Suu Kyi of ‘conscience’ award Amnesty International has withdrawn its most prestigious human rights prize from Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the Myanmar leader of perpetuating human rights abuses by not […]
Myanmar prepares for first Rohingya returnees, but U.N. warns against rushing yanmar officials said on Sunday the country was ready to receive more than 2,000 Rohingya Muslims sheltering in Bangladesh on Nov. 15, the first […]
Dozens of Rohingya flee camps by boat, reviving memories of 2015 tragedy Dozens of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and Bangladesh have boarded boats to try to reach Malaysia, officials and aid workers said on Thursday, […]
Squid importers face extra paperwork The Department of Fisheries will demand importers of squid from Myanmar present official papers certifying that they have been caught according to sustainable fishing practices, in a move perceived as […]
Ethnic parties give wake-up call to NLD Analysts are poring over the results of Myanmar’s by-elections which took place on Saturday, vainly trying to read the tea leaves, and perhaps reading too much into them. […]
Mother Finance set to transform credit access in Myanmar Access to credit will no longer be a problem for Myanmar people thanks to an innovative consumer lending application which allows anyone with a smartphone to […]