Tag: Myanmar
Five questions on the ICJ and genocide
Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared yesterday at the International Court of Justice...
30,000 monks attend mass alms-giving in Myanmar
Thirty-thousand monks assembled in the early morning chill in Myanmar today for a spectacular alms-giving...
The fight for justice over Myanmar’s Rohingya ‘genocide’
Myanmar is facing a barrage of legal challenges in an attempt to hold it accountable...
Thousands in Myanmar rally behind Suu Kyi ahead of Hague court date
Thousands rallied in support of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar yesterday, on the eve...
Riding high on Myanmar’s human-powered Ferris wheels
Aung careers towards the ground, hanging from one arm on the basket of one of...
Military, government ‘cooperating’ over Suu Kyi going to ICJ
Both Myanmar's military and its civilian government are behind the decision for Nobel Laureate Aung...
Myanmar town offers glimmer of hope for Muslims enduring ‘apartheid’
Htoo Maung sits down to lunch, sharing a bowl of traditional noodle soup with old...
Myanmar artists given second jail term for insulting military
A group of Myanmar satirists yesterday racked up a second prison sentence for a performance...
Fear stoked by Chinese-funded port and SEZ in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Aung Gyi is forced to fish covertly under the shroud of night in western Myanmar...
Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court
Myanmar faced accusations of genocide in a lawsuit filed by Gambia at the UN's top...
Flames and fireworks as Myanmar fire balloon fest opens
The gigantic hot air balloon folded into itself and fell in a ball of flames,...
Floating meth sacks in Myanmar sea worth US$20 million: official
Sacks of crystal meth scooped from the sea by Myanmar fishermen who mistook it for...
Bare knuckles to KO record for Myanmar woman breaking MMA mould
Myanmar's Bozhena Antoniyar had to side-step conservative parents to take up bare-knuckle fighting, but her...
Myanmar army says to punish soldiers in Rohingya atrocities probe
Myanmar's army will court-martial soldiers after a new finding in an inquiry into atrocities in...
Myanmar to join US-ASEAN maritime drills despite sanctions
Myanmar's navy will join maritime drills with the US in Southeast Asia next week, a...
Armed with smartphones, Myanmar e-sports players battle power outages
ESports star Myint was on the cusp of victory when the screens went dark in...
‘We are hostages’: Two years on, Rohingya still in Myanmar trapped by new war
When Myanmar officials toured refugee camps in Bangladesh last month, inviting Rohingya Muslims who fled...
Timeline: Two years on, a look at the Rohingya crisis
This month marks the second anniversary of the fleeing of more than 730,000 Rohingya from...
More than 2,000 people displaced, 19 killed in Myanmar fighting
More than 2,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes, and 19 have...
U.N. agency, Bangladesh begin survey of Rohingya over return to Myanmar
The United Nations' refugee agency and Bangladesh authorities on Tuesday started to consult more than...
