Myanmar – a former child soldier looks back
Yan lets out a nervous laugh as he begins to recount a childhood memory - not one of playing games or going hunting but rather of...
Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military
Facebook in recent years has engaged with civil rights activists and democratic political parties in Myanmar and pushed back against the military after coming under...
Myanmar police fire to disperse protest, four hurt, one critical
Police and protesters clashed in Myanmar on Tuesday in the most violent day of demonstrations against a military coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi,...
After a decade of change in Myanmar, fear of the past drives anti-coup protests
A communications blackout, the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi without word, wild rumours fed by a paucity of information. All recalled the darkest days...
Myanmar doctors stop work to protest coup as U.N. considers response
Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across Myanmar stopped work on Wednesday to protest against the coup that ousted elected leader...
U.S. Senate leader Schumer calls for response to Myanmar coup
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said President Joe Biden’s administration is providing briefings to Congress after the “deeply disturbing” reports of a...
Myanmar’s ‘maximum containment’ COVID plan pushed to brink as virus surges
Myanmar has quarantined tens of thousands of people to prevent a coronavirus outbreak from overwhelming its fragile healthcare system but public health experts and doctors...
Myanmar police detain student protesters in Rakhine state
Myanmar police detained three students after breaking up an anti-government demonstration in the restive Rakhine state on Wednesday, a student group and a human rights...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi vows victory in election as campaign starts despite virus surge
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi launched her re-election bid on Tuesday ahead of polls set for November, vowing victory at a scaled-down ceremony in...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi pulls out of first election trip over coronavirus
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi pulled out of the first event of her election campaign on Monday, citing a worsening outbreak of the novel...
As other doors close, some Rohingya cling to hope of resettlement
On the third anniversary of a mass exodus of Rohingya to Bangladesh, prospects look bleak for about 1 million members of the Muslim minority from...
Death sentence of Myanmar men commuted in Brit murder case
Zaw Lin (left) and Win Zaw Tun (right) were found guilty of the rape and murder of Hannah Witheridge and of killing David Miller Mladen...
U.N. investigator says Facebook has not shared ‘evidence’ of Myanmar crime
The head of a U.N. investigative body on Myanmar said Facebook has not released evidence of “serious international crimes”, despite vowing to work with investigators...
Canadian pastor jailed in Myanmar for defying coronavirus ban
David Lah is escorted for trial in Yangon on June 8 Sai Aung Main AFP A Canadian preacher who claimed Christians were safe from coronavirus...
Myanmar may postpone election in war-torn Rakhine state: official
Myanmar will postpone elections in parts of war-torn Rakhine state if the military declares them unsafe, a senior election official said on Thursday, prompting a...
Missing Rohingya refugees found alive on Malaysian islet
Twenty-six Rohingya refugees, who had been feared drowned while trying to swim ashore on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi, were found alive hiding in...
Myanmar joins band of Asian nations launching satellites
Engineers at the Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University have been working towards the launch of the country's first satellite Ye Aung THU AFP Myanmar is preparing...
Malaysian court to hear bid to set aside caning for Rohingya refugees
A Malaysian court on Wednesday will hear a bid to set aside caning sentences handed down to 27 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, lawyers said,...
Myanmar holds muted Martyrs’ Day tribute to fallen independence heroes
Myanmar’s public marked one of the Southeast Asian nation’s darkest moments on Sunday with tributes to slain independence heroes, though the annual Martyrs’ Day gatherings...
‘Ugly face’: U.S. and China trade barbs in Myanmar as South China Sea rift deepens
China’s embassy in Myanmar on Sunday accused the United States of “outrageously smearing” the country and driving a wedge with its Southeast Asian neighbors over...
Myanmar poet accused of staging protest over internet blackout
Maung Saung Kha, a prominent Myanmar poet and activist, appeared in court on Tuesday to face accusations that he helped stage an unlawful protest demanding...
Prayers for the dead as Myanmar’s young jade miners mourned
University student Saw Myint Tun travelled hundreds of miles from home in February to work the jade mines of northern Myanmar in search of gems...
More bodies to be buried in mass grave after Myanmar jade mine landslide
Dozens more jade miners killed in a landslide in northern Myanmar will be buried on Saturday, a local official said, after 77 others were interred...
Death toll rises above 160 in Myanmar jade mine collapse
Rescue workers carry a dead body following a landslide at a mining site in Hpakant, Kachin State City, Myanmar July 2, 2020, in this picture...
At least 126 killed as Myanmar jade mine collapse buries workers
A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 126 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a heap...
Myanmar Landslide: At Least 113 Dead In Jade Mine Accident, Rescue Operations Continue
The incident took place in Hpakant area of Kachin state following heavy rainfall A total of 113 bodies have been found so far Death toll...
At least 50 dead in landslide at Myanmar jade mine, officials say
At least 50 people died on Thursday after a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar trapped workers under a mound of refuse, authorities...
Myanmar sets November 8 for election testing democratic reforms
Myanmar state media on Wednesday announced Nov. 8 as the date for a parliamentary election set to serve as a test of the country’s first...
U.N. rights chief says ‘as many as 10,000’ flee Myanmar army operations
The United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday that up to 10,000 people had fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after what she...
Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say
Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance...
Thailand and Myanmar burn seized drugs worth $2 billion
Thailand and Myanmar destroyed 25 tonnes of illicit drugs collectively worth more than $2 billion on Friday, but said the tide of drugs was growing...
Indonesian fishermen rescue nearly 100 Rohingya refugees in Aceh
Indonesian fishermen rescued nearly 100 Rohingya refugees, including 79 women and children, in Aceh province after officials said they were planning to push them back...
Malaysia can’t take any more Rohingya refugees, PM says
Malaysia can no longer take in Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday, citing a struggling economy and dwindling resources...
Rohingya refugees tell Malaysia how dozens perished during four-month voyage
Survivors from a boat crammed with over 300 Rohingya Muslim refugees told Malaysian authorities that dozens of their people perished and their bodies were thrown...
Refusing to be gagged, Myanmar journalists work from shadows
Hiding from Myanmar’s police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi...
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