Tag: Myanmar
Dung and Dragons: Myanmar kids dodge cows to play rugby
Sidestepping cowpats and garbage, Myanmar's only home-grown junior rugby side train on the outskirts of Yangon, preparing to take on children from the city's...
Myanmar sentences two to death for murder of Muslim lawyer
MYANMAR: Two people were sentenced to death by a Myanmar court on Friday for the murder of a Muslim lawyer and Aung San Suu...
Rakhine Buddhist army kills seven in Independence Day attack on police...
YANGON: Buddhist Rakhine fighters killed seven Myanmar security forces in attacks on four police posts in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state on Friday as the...
Myanmar activists jailed over anti-war protests, says lawyer
YANGON: A court in Myanmar's restive Kachin state has jailed three activists for defaming the military, their lawyer said on Saturday, as campaigners slammed...
Pence says Myanmar’s handling of Rohingya ‘without excuse’
SINGAPORE: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed criticism from United States (US) Vice President Mike Pence and other leaders on Wednesday over her...
Myanmar denies border shooting as Rohingya repatriation date nears
DHAKA: Myanmar on Saturday denied allegations of a cross-border shooting that raised tensions with Bangladesh ahead of a scheduled start date for the repatriation of Rohingya...
Myanmar’s Buddhist temple dedicated to snakes
Crossing a bridge to the middle of a lake in Myanmar's Yangon region, pilgrims arrive at a temple to pin their hopes on the...
Myanmar’s delaying tactics blocking Rohingya return, says Bangladesh PM
NEW YORK: Bangladesh’s leader accused neighboring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingya who were forced across...
US accuses Myanmar military of ‘planned and coordinated’ Rohingya atrocities
WASHINGTON: A US government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a “well-planned and coordinated” campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities...
Myanmar army chief says ‘no right to interfere’ as UN weighs...
YANGON: Myanmar's army chief on Monday warned against foreign interference as world leaders gather at the United Nations to find ways to hold the...
Democratic transition in Myanmar ‘at standstill’: UN rights panel
GENEVA: Myanmar's democratic transition has ground to a standstill as authorities seek to silence critics while allowing hate speech, particularly against Muslim Rohingya, the...
Myanmar army should be removed from politics: UN probe
NEW YORK: Myanmar's powerful army should be removed from politics, UN investigators said Tuesday in the final version of a damning report reiterating calls...
Reuters reporters in Myanmar not jailed because of journalism: Suu Kyi
MYANMAR: Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday robustly defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists who were reporting on the Rohingya crisis, as she...
Myanmar army, govt aim to silence independent journalism: UN
GENEVA: Military and government officials in Myanmar have waged a "political campaign" to quash independent journalism, arresting and prosecuting many through the use of...
Myanmar says court in Reuters reporters’ case was independent
YANGON: Myanmar's government spokesman said on Friday a court that convicted two Reuters journalists under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act was independent and followed...
Myanmar army apologises for mistaken photos in book on Rohingya crisis
YANGON: The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the...
Britain calls for immediate release of Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar
LONDON: Britain on Monday called for the immediate release of two Reuters jailed in Myanmar for their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, saying that...
