Tag: Myanmar
Two ethnic groups sign up to Myanmar’s ‘broken’ peace process
Two armed ethnic groups will sign on to a ceasefire in Myanmar on Tuesday in a ceremony the government hopes will showcase a significant...
Myanmar says soldiers, police facing action over village killing
Action will be taken against 10 members of Myanmar’s security forces in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a...
Reuters reporters arrested appear in Myanmar court
YANGON: Two Reuters journalists accused of violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act appeared in court on Tuesday, with prosecutors due to present more witnesses to...
North Korea selling weapons to Syria, Myanmar: UN
GENEVA: North Korea has been selling weapons to the governments of Syria and Myanmar and has been exporting banned materials such as coal, iron, and steel, a United Nations report...
Myanmar official denies report of five mass graves in Rakhine
RAKHINE: Myanmar officials have denied a report of five mass graves of Rohingya in a village in crisis-hit Rakhine, a border region gutted by...
Myanmar court denies bail to Reuters reporters charged under secrecy law
YANGON: A Myanmar court on Thursday denied bail to two Reuters journalists charged under a secrecy act that could see them face up to 14...
Richardson quits Myanmar Rohingya crisis panel
YANGON: Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar to advise on the Rohingya crisis, saying it...
Myanmar releases hundreds of political prisoners
YANGON: Hundreds of political prisoners have been released from Myanmar’s jails in amnesties in recent years, including dozens freed in January 2016, days before...
Myanmar: Police shot dead seven protesters in Rakhine
YANGON: Myanmar police shot dead seven demonstrators and 12 were injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan...
Myanmar army’s admission of killings a ‘positive step,’ says Suu Kyi
YANGON: Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has welcomed an unprecedented army admission that security forces carried out extra-judicial killings of Rohingya Muslims as...
Japan conveys concern over Rohingya to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi-Kyodo
TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono conveyed serious concern over Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims to the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in a meeting...
US disappointed in Myanmar decision on two reporters under OSA
WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Wednesday said it is "deeply disappointed" by the decision of the Myanmar Court that's allowing the prosecution of...
Myanmar soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim ‘terrorists’
YANGON: Myanmar’s military said its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim “terrorists” during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September after Buddhist villagers had...
Myanmar police charge Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act
YANGON: Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court Wednesday for breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14...
Bill Clinton, EU call for release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar
WASHINGTON: Former US President Bill Clinton and the European Union’s envoy to Myanmar on Monday called for the immediate release of two Reuters journalists...
Have no option but to fight Myanmar, says Rohingya insurgents
YANGON: Rohingya Muslim insurgents said on Sunday they have no option to fight what they called Myanmar state-sponsored terrorism to defend the Rohingya community,...
Myanmar president calls for reform of nation’s military-drafted constitution
YANGON: Myanmar’s civilian president called in an Independence Day speech on Thursday for reform of a military-drafted constitution and for justice for all recognized...
