The Myanmar military has seized a large haul of narcotic drugs which were worth 837 billion kyats (US$634.09 million) in the first 11 months of this year, a military spokesperson told a press briefing …
Bangladesh disburses $500,000 to OIC over Rohingya genocide case
In November last year, Gambia had brought the case against Myanmar to the International Court of Justice Bangladesh has disbursed $500,000 to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as foreign …
UNICEF statement on the death of a child and his parents and injury of four more children due to a landmine explosion in Rakhine State, Myanmar
English News and Press Release on Myanmar about Mine Action and Protection and Human Rights; published on 23 Nov 2020 by UNICEF …
Danger and desperation in Myanmar’s jade mines
It is a risk, we all know,” said Aye Yi, a 33-year-old who has been working in Myanmar’s jade mines since she was 14. “We don’t know when it will happen. But we know it definitely will at some point.” …
Bangladesh has called for a safe zone for Rohingya inside Myanmar, would it work?
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Ethnic tension, conflicts key concern for Myanmar’s incoming MPs
Another landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s party means it has a chance to push through reforms – if it wants.
City view in Yangon, Myanmar
People visit the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 13, 2019. Yangon is Myanmar’s largest city and economic center. It is an important gateway and window to Myanmar, which has seen an …
In Myanmar’s North, Thanksgiving Traditions Go On Amid Conflict
Displaced communities in Myanmar’s Kachin State celebrate Thanksgiving through a blend of local traditions and Christian prayer.
Opinion: What Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis can teach us about Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s refugee crisis could become the intractable human rights disaster still facing Myanmar’s Rohingya — unless early interventions shift power to local responders, governments, and communities.
Myanmar returns 9 Bangladeshi fishermen
On November 10, the fishermen, fishing in the south Bay of Bengal, had drifted to Myanmar’s maritime area, where they were picked up by the BGP …