The government-backed committee charged with verifying the remaining political prisoners in Burma has vetted 155 political prisoners and forwarded the list to President Thein Sein for review
Burmese authorities have issued arrest warrants against three local activists, who recently told reporters in central Burma that an emergency decree should be revoked
Burma’s Labour Ministry issued a directive to prevent labourers from moving to Malaysia following a series of violent assaults against Burmese migrants in Kuala Lumpur
Opinion & Analysis
EDWARD CHUNG HO
According to a recent report, displaced persons' land and property rights have been largely ignored during the ongoing peace process between Naypyidaw and the country's armed ethnic rebel groups
In Focus
A Buddhist campaign, known as "969", is being used to promote religious nationalism in Burma and has been linked to a recent surge in anti-Muslim violence. But who are the monks behind the movement?
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Hundreds of Buddhist residents in western Burma’s Arakan state took to the streets this week to protest a government plan to resettle Rohingya Muslims, who were uprooted in last year’s ethno-religious clashes
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Burma’s president on Monday pledged to uphold the "fundamental rights" of Muslims in strife-torn Arakan state, in the wake of deadly religious unrest that has spread across the country.
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Hundreds of Muslim villagers left homeless after the latest wave of sectarian riots to hit central Burma this week are in urgent need of food and shelter, according to local sources
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The Burmese army has ordered the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army to move out of an area designated for a Thai-backed hydropower dam in eastern Burma or risk military action, rebels say
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