Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar frees 44 political prisoners
44 political detainees were set free on Wednesday by the Myanmar’s reformist government which is set to grant amnesties to prisoners in a series...
Religious violence erupts in Myanmar
Myanmar’s government has called for calm after mobs burned down a Muslim orphanage, a mosque and shops during a new eruption of religious violence...
Nearly 200 killed in Myanmar boat accident
Boats carrying about 200 Rohingya Muslims who were evacuating ahead of a storm have capsized off western Myanmar, killing all but one person, UN...
Myanmar leader calls for unity in New Year speech
Myanmar’s reformist president called for multi faith harmony in a national address to mark the country’s New Year celebrations on Sunday, following recent anti-Muslim...
Australia pledges $21m in aid to Myanmar
Australia has boosted its aid and eased restrictions on defence cooperation with Myanmar as Thein Sein became the country's first head of state to...
Myanmar govt and Kachin rebels renew talks
Myanmar’s government met Kachin rebels for renewed peace talks in China on Monday, an analyst said, as the rivals seek to resolve a festering...
Over 2,000 people flee Myanmar following latest bout of violence: UN
More than 2,000 people - mostly Muslims - have fled Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state on boats run by smugglers putting their lives at risk,...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyisays any peace bid ‘up to government’
Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday said she would not step in to help end worsening conflict between the army and...
Myanmar admits to airstrikes against rebels
Myanmar's military has acknowledged carrying out airstrikes against ethnic Kachin rebels in the country's north, and said it has captured a hilltop post from...
Aisam begins Stop War Start Tennis Tour in Myanmar
Pakistan’s ace tennis star, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi kicked off his Stop War Start Tennis Tour in Yangon, Myanmar as chief guest at the 1st Annual...
Myanmar apologises for attacks on monks
The government of Myanmar has apologised to Buddhist monks for injuries, including serious burns, suffered last month during a police operation against evictions caused...
Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship
Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of...
Jason Mraz to make historic appearance in Myanmar
Jason Mraz will make history next month when he performs in Myanmar to raise awareness about human trafficking. Mraz will headline a free outdoor...
United Nations welcomes Myanmar’s moves to address violence in Rakhine state
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed moves by Myanmar’s leadership to address the violence taking place in the country’s Rakhine state as “steps in...
Myanmar to free 452 prisoners ahead of Obama visit
Myanmar will free 452 prisoners, including an unspecified number of dissidents according to the government, in an apparent goodwill gesture days ahead of a...
Strong quake jolts central Myanmar, dozen feared dead
An earthquake struck central Myanmar on Sunday near its second-biggest city, Mandalay, killing at least six people, with the death toll likely to rise...
Myanmar declined talks offer on violence
Myanmar has rejected an offer by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to open talks aimed at quelling deadly communal violence there, the regional...
