Arakan Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
The 20 were each sentenced to five years in connection with a ship carrying 208 migrants that was intercepted by the Burmese navy last month.
Boatpeople Lead Story News Rohingya
The 150 were among 208 migrants crammed into a ship, found adrift off the Arakanese coast by the Burmese navy on 21 May.
Arakan Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
A boat carrying more than 200 Bangladeshi migrants was intercepted by the Burmese navy off the Arakanese coast.
ASEAN Contributor Lead Story News Opinion Rohingya
“We are inviting a worst case scenario in which boats filled with the dead drift in the oceans in a gruesome testament to inhumanity,” says OIC envoy.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
The Indonesian navy intercepts a vessel carrying illegal migrants in the Malacca Strait as it steps up patrols to deter boat people reaching their shores.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
“We fixed the engine and the boat left last night after 3am,” said Satun’s provincial governor, in line with Thailand’s policy of “helping on” such vessels.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
International Organization for Migration calls on Southeast Asian governments to rescue thousands of migrants believed to be stranded at sea.
Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Trade
Iran has released the Maersk Tigris cargo vessel seized by its patrol boats in the Strait of Hormuz last week. Burmese sailors are among crew.
Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News
The latest state media report said at least 34 people drowned when the “Aung Takon 3” sank late on Friday while en route from Kyaukphyu to Sittwe.
21-member crew of Norwegian oil tanker hijacked off the coast of Madagasgar on Friday are believed to be all Burmese
July 9, 2009 (DVB), The United States has expressed concern over the possibility of an emerging nexus between North Korea and Burma that would see the two countries trade in[…]
