Since security forces swept into their villages late last year, around 75,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled across the border to Bangladesh. Many now fear that authorities in Burma could make…
Day: March 15, 2017
Broadcast licence winners announced end of March: minister
The Ministry of Information says the winners of five new content provider licences granting the recipients digital free-to-air television channels under the state-owned broadcaster MRTV will be announced at the…
TNLA denies claims of mass abduction and killing in Kyaukme
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) denies recent allegations of extrajudicial killing and mass abduction of local villagers in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district.
Journalist Swe Win threatened
The chief editor of Myanmar Now, who is facing a lawsuit for insulting monk Wirathu, says he was threatened by three men near his home in Rangoon last night.
Officials, residents worry about safety after 5.1-magnitude quake
Burmese authorities on Tuesday said they were worried about the safety of a town in the northwest of Rangoon Division, after it was hit by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake the…