Lead Story News Rakhine Rohingya
Reuters pieces together what happened in the days leading up to the killings in Inn Din, drawing for the first time on interviews with Buddhist villagers who confessed to torching Rohingya homes, burying bodies and killing Muslims.
International Relations Lead Story News Rakhine Rohingya
A top UN official recounted to the Security Council on Tuesday “heartbreaking and horrific accounts of sexual atrocities” by Burmese soldiers against Rohingya Muslim women, urging the body to visit the region and demand an end to attacks on civilians.
United States lawmakers have proposed a bill including sanctions and travel restrictions of Burmese military officials.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will publicly brief the Security Council on Thursday on violence in Burma, which he has described as ethnic cleansing, after seven countries on the 15-member body requested the meeting.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
“We will take responsibility for security, as well as social and economic issues,” he told ethnic Mro villagers in Kaing Gyi.
The role of the military in Burma’s ongoing political evolution raises questions at a three-day forum on democracy held recently in the capital Naypyidaw.
International Relations Lead Story News
Burma’s military has maintained ties with North Korea, even though the civilian-led government denies any cooperation, and the Trump administration is pressing for a complete break-off of remaining links, current and former US officials say.
Arakan Human Rights Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma’s army on Tuesday rejected allegations of human rights abuses during its crackdown on Rohingya Muslim last year, made by the United Nations in a report on the offensive that forced some 75,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.
Crime Drugs Lead Story News Tenasserim
Authorities in the coastal town of Myeik, Tenasserim Division, have issued an arrest warrant for a military intelligence officer with alleged connections to the illicit narcotics trade.
Lt-Gen Mya Tun Oo is promoted to the joint chief of staff of the army, navy, and air force, the de-facto third most senior position and one seen as a stepping stone to becoming army chief.
The NLD government’s efforts to resolve thousands of land-grab disputes involving the military could put it on a collision course with Burma’s powerful generals.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
The Arakan Liberation Party says it has delivered evidence of human rights abuses committed by government troops during the ongoing offensive against the rebel Arakan Army.
Days before democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi led her lawmakers into parliament as Burma’s government-in-waiting, Ei Than watched bulldozers sent by the military destroy her house in a slum on the outskirts of Rangoon.
The issue of how far to go in reaching out to former foes from nearly half a century of military rule may prove one of the first faultlines to emerge within the NLD.
The son-in-law of Burma’s former junta chief has been selected among the military appointed representatives that will sit in next month’s new-look legislatures.
Lead Story Military News Parliament
Deputy Defence Minister Aung Thaw told the bicameral house that the Protection of Secret Information agreement would be mutually beneficial.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Video
In a soft-spoken but positive TV broadcast last night, the NLD leader called for federalism and cooperation with the military.
2015 Elections Contributor Lead Story Military News Opinion
“The question of succession has been resolved amicably, and Soe Win will take over as commander-in-chief of the military in July,” says analyst Larry Jagan.
The Burmese military have reportedly killed several people in Arakan state after opening fire on residents amid the ongoing sectarian clashes in the region, according to a local government official
The new government was built on a foundation that ignores the rules of law governing civilized nations, and which is in thrall to the military. Recognition of it is unacceptable
Lt-Gen Ye Myint part of a convoy of senior Burmese army officials that came under attack yesterday in eastern Karen state close to Myawaddy
Nov 9, 2009 (DVB), Armed men in Burma's northeastern Shan state have kidnapped an official from the government's Military Affairs Security unit, locals said last week. Another man accompanying Sergeant[…]
June 2, 2009 (DVB), Burma's warning to its neighbours to respect its sovereignty should only be interpreted as an attempt to guard the security of the Burmese junta and not[…]
May 11, 2009 (DVB), An armed robbery on a gold shop in Mandalay division that left one dead and two injured was carried out using firearms stolen from a government[…]
Feb 20, 2008 (DVB), The PaO National Liberation Organisation launched strikes on two locations in southern Shan State on Sunday, and claimed more attacks would follow if the government fails[…]
A Burmese soldier was shot and killed at the Wingaba field in Sittwe town, Rakhine State last night.
Campaigners are calling for a review of the convictions of 20 Muslims found guilty of terrorism last year under the recently repealed Emergency Provisions Act.
Arakan Lead Story News Peace Process
Maung Aye was sentenced to two years in prison, while the other two were given three years each.
Sai Tun Win, an NLD MP in the Shan State parliament, said several local villagers in Kyaukme Township had been abducted and tortured by Burmese troops amid recent fighting in the region.
Two Kachin IDPs sentenced to two years in prison last month under the Unlawful Association Act have now been handed an additional five years, charged under the Explosives Act by the Myitkyina township court.
