Cut off from the outside world, the urban population of Matupi Township is being starved of basic foodstuffs and medical supplies.
International tourists arrival to Myanmar surge in February
YANGON, April 4 (Xinhua): International tourist arrivals to Myanmar increased by 288 per cent in February year on year, according to the country’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism on Tuesday. The …
‘Long way to go’: A look at Myanmar’s clean energy realities amid ongoing troubles
Heightened instability in Myanmar has landed the country in deeper energy poverty. Clean energy advocates like Zun Moe Thiri are working against difficult realities to push for wider electrification …
‘Long way to go’: A look at Myanmar’s clean energy realities amid ongoing conditions
Heightened instability in Myanmar has landed the country in deeper energy poverty. Clean energy advocates like Zun Moe Thiri are working against difficult realities to push for wider electrification …
What the Dissolution of the NLD Means For Myanmar’s Conflict
Aside from further embittering the population toward the military junta, the disbanding of the former ruling party is unlikely to have much impact on Myanmar’s downward trajectory.
Women Seen Targeted by Myanmar Forces With Rape, Other Violence
Women have been resisting the junta since the beginning of the coup, which took place more than two years ago, says human rights activist …
Myanmar: What’s next for Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD party?
What does the future hold for Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) now that the party has been dissolved by the country’s military junta?
Bangladesh: Halt ‘Pilot’ Plan to Return Rohingya
Bangladesh authorities should suspend plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, where their lives and liberty would be at grave risk.
HRW urges Bangladesh to halt Rohingya repatriation plan
Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Human …
The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military
The United Nations has played into the military’s hands in Rakhine State, by acquiescing when the regime starved communities of aid and then restored humanitarian access to achieve its war aims.