Labour Issues Lead Story News Suu Kyi Women's Issues
UN goodwill envoy Angelina Jolie joins Aung San Suu Kyi on a visit to Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone to speak with female workers about working conditions.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi submits her papers at Thanlyin Election Commission office to run in the Kawhmu constituency in Rangoon.
Human Trafficking Lead Story Migrants Issues News
An Associated Press investigation uncovers ships believed to be carrying enslaved fishermen, many of whom may be Burmese.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says she has received credible information that at least 48 Muslim Rohingyas were killed last week in northern Arakan, but the Burmese government maintains the murders never happened.
An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamist militant to seven and a half years in prison for masterminding a plot to attack the Burmese Embassy in the Indonesian capital.
The Burmese government denied on Friday that a Buddhist mob ripped through a town in an isolated strife-torn corner of the country this week, attacking Muslim women and children. Villagers and a rights group said more than a dozen people may have been killed, and that hundreds have fled.
Anti-terrorism squad kills six suspected militants and arrests another during an extended standoff at a house near the Indonesian capital which comes as an investigation continues into an alleged plot to bomb the Burmese embassy.
Culture Ethnic issues Lead Story News Photos
Associated Press photographer Gemunu Amarsinghe recently submitted a photo essay from Chin state where ancient traditions and a rich culture struggle to prevail against a history of religious conversion, Burmese chauvinism, military rule and economic misery.
Thailand’s navy has filed criminal defamation charges against a news website that published stories alleging Thai military involvement in the trafficking of Burma’s ethnic Rohingya boatpeople.
The treaty calls for Japanese investors to receive the same protections as other foreign investors in terms of export and technology transfer regulations.
The Obama administration faced strong bipartisan opposition on Wednesday to plans for limited US engagement with Burma’s powerful military due to concerns over human rights and its lingering ties with North Korea.
Communal Violence Lead Story News
The UN General Assembly’s human rights committee passes a resolution urging Burma to give the stateless Rohingya minority equal access to citizenship and to crack down on Buddhist violence against them and other Muslims in the country.
Lead Story Media News Obituary
Sein Win, a renowned journalist in Burma who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country’s turbulent history, died on Thursday at age 91.
Burma prepares to take over as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the annual regional summit in Brunei on Thursday, amid criticisms from human rights groups.
Communal Violence Lead Story News
Terrified Muslim families hide in forests in western Burma, one day after fleeing a new round of deadly sectarian violence that erupted even as the president toured the divided region.
Burma’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin tells the UN General Assembly there is “no turning back” on path to democracy and promises “zero tolerance” of ethnic hatred.
Buddhist mob torch two houses belonging to Muslims after a minor personal argument sets off another bout of communal violence in Arakan state.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
A group of Western and Asian governments are lauding Burma’s progress toward democracy but warning outbreaks of communal violence could undermine the reforms.
“I will continue with efforts to have the constitution amended,” she said, adding there will be problems if it is not done by 2015.
