Tag: Myanmar
Myanmar frees two Turkish journalists
MYANMAR: Myanmar on Friday freed two journalists for Turkey’s state broadcaster, their local interpreter and a driver after they completed a two-month jail sentence...
China, Russia oppose UN GA criticism of Myanmar over Rohingya
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Sunday urged Myanmar to end a military campaign against Muslim Rohingya and called for the appointment of a...
Two journalists arrested in Myanmar, face official secrets charges
YANGON: Myanmar’s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
The reporters had been working on stories...
Pope in Myanmar preaches forgiveness to a nation accused of ethnic...
Pope Francis spread a message of forgiveness in a historic open-air mass before a sea of worshippers in Yangon on Wednesday, during a visit...
Pope deliberately avoids using ‘Rohingya’ in key Myanmar speech
Pope Francis has delivered a keynote speech in Myanmar, demanding "respect for each ethnic group" but without referring specifically to its Muslim Rohingya community.
Rights...
There is ‘no religious discrimination’ in Myanmar, army chief tells pope
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s powerful army chief has told Pope Francis there is “no religious discrimination” in the country during talks at the start of the...
Pope reaches Myanmar in shadow of Rohingya crisis
YANGON: Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the leader of the Roman Catholic church to majority-Buddhist...
China’s global footprint grows from Myanmar to Zimbabwe
BEIJING: China has traditionally rejected US-style interventionism, but its deepening economic involvement in volatile countries like Myanmar and Zimbabwe is thrusting Beijing towards a more...
Bangladesh signs deal with Myanmar to return Rohingya
NAYPYITAW: Bangladesh has signed a deal with Myanmar to return hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled a recent army crackdown.
No details have been...
Amnesty accuses Myanmar of ‘apartheid’
YANGON: Myanmar’s suffocating controls over its Rohingya population amount to “apartheid”, Amnesty International said Tuesday in a probe into the root causes of a crisis...
Suu Kyi blames illegal immigration for world conflicts
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism in a speech...
China proposes three-phase plan to resolve Rohingya crisis
NAYPYITAW: China has proposed a three-phase plan for resolving the Rohingya crisis, starting with a ceasefire in Myanmar’s Rakhine State so that refugees can...
Myanmar Rohingya exodus leaves ghostland behind
Torched villages and unharvested paddy fields stretch to the horizon in Myanmar's violence-gutted Rakhine state, where a dwindling number of Muslim Rohingya remain trapped...
Myanmar army replaces general in charge of Rakhine operation
YANGON: Myanmar’s army has replaced the general in charge of Rakhine state, an army media officer said on Monday, where an army operation drove...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi arrives on first visit to crisis-battered northern Rakhine
YANGON: Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived on her first visit to conflict-battered northern Rakhine State on Thursday, an official said, an unannounced...
Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delaying repatriation process for Rohingya
YANGON: Myanmar has blamed Bangladesh for delaying the start of a repatriation process for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees, saying it feared Dhaka...
Tillerson urges Myanmar army chief to end violence in Rakhine state
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged Myanmar's army chief on Thursday to help end the violence in Rakhine state that has forced hundreds...
