In a new paper titled “Rakhine Crisis Challenges ASEAN’s Non-Interference Principle,” released by ISEAS, Ye Htut departs from a career built on suppressing the use of the name “Rohingya,” rejecting that community’s right to citizenship and defending the military’s human rights abuses.

"It is becoming clearer that the approach of the NLD and the international community is an abject failure ..." writes Mark Farmaner of BCUK.

“[Republicans] passed resolutions to impose sanctions on Burma to push for change. They have always supported our democratic reforms.”

A senior US official says he's "encouraged" by the efforts of Burma's new government to resolve religious tensions in Arakan State, but others are less impressed.

A new report by a Brussels-based think tank says that Burma's "undisputed political leader" has a strong tendency "to concentrate power in her own hands and delegate little.”

DVB speaks to Chris Lewa of the Arakan Project about the situation of Rohingya women, as Burma's compliance with a convention on the treatment of women comes under review.