A crew aboard a state-of-the-art ship mounted with heat-seeking drones will take to the seas to prevent loss of life as Rohingya migrants search for safety.

After Husaina’s 20-year-old son fled poverty and discrimination in Burma's Arakan State by boat, she heard nothing from him for seven months.

One year on from the callous murder of two Kachin school teachers in northern Burma, family and community members are still seeking closure.

As the incoming head of state, the moral and political responsibility to end the slow genocide in Burma will fall squarely on Suu Kyi’s shoulders.

Twelve Muslim men were sentenced to five years jail time for alleged links to the ‘Myanmar Muslim Army’ — the existence of which has been called into doubt.

Observers from the European Union’s Election Observation Mission on Tuesday refused to call the Burma’s national poll “truly genuine” given the fact that the military commands an automatic 25 percent of seats without being elected, as well as the mass disenfranchisement of Muslim candidates and Rohingya voters.