Myanmar

Myanmar’s Preliminary Court Plan, New Cases To Be Heard

Mandalay Region’s Chan Aye Tharzan township court will be hearing new cases under the preliminary ...

Mar 02, 2017 01:38 PM EST

Myanmar President Htin Kyaw releases 83 political prisoners, vows pardon for all under new administration

The recent New Year Sunday celebration in Myanmar on Sunday saw the joyful reunion of political pris...

Apr 18, 2016 01:46 AM EDT

Myanmar Arrests Former Monk on Immigration Charges

Former Saffron Revolution monk U Gambira was arrested in Myanmar on Tuesday and charged with immigra...

Jan 20, 2016 07:21 PM EST

Cyber Group Hacks Thai Police Websites as Protest for British Tourists Murder Verdict

Various websites were hacked by Anonymous. The cyber group led the attact as a sign of protest for ...

Jan 08, 2016 09:29 PM EST

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets parliament boss after victory

Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with parliament's powerful chairman on Sunda...

Nov 15, 2015 08:56 PM EST

Myanmar's Suu Kyi set for sweeping power as election wins mount

Fresh results from Myanmar's election on Tuesday showed the opposition taking control of most region...

Nov 10, 2015 01:43 AM EST

Suu Kyi supporters confident after Myanmar's historic election

Supporters of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi burst into boisterous celebration on Sunday after the count...

Nov 08, 2015 07:58 PM EST

Suu Kyi looks set to win Myanmar election, but problems loom

When Aung San Suu Kyi's candidate emerges at a campaign rally in southern Myanmar, the crowd bursts ...

Nov 04, 2015 12:13 AM EST

U.N. investigator questions if Myanmar poll can be free and fair

A United Nations rights investigator raised concern on Wednesday about whether Myanmar's election ne...

Oct 28, 2015 08:57 PM EDT

Around 4 million voters shut out of historic Myanmar election

When Myanmar votes next month in what has been billed as its first free and fair election in 25 year...

Oct 20, 2015 11:43 PM EDT

Inside Thailand's trafficking crackdow

Sheltering in the backroom of a provincial Thai police station is a 35-year-old street vendor who tr...

Jul 09, 2015 08:59 AM EDT

India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef

Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minis...

Jul 03, 2015 10:18 AM EDT

Rohingya huddled in Bangladesh camps fear plan to move them on

More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through ...

Jun 02, 2015 06:43 PM EDT

Desperate Bangladeshi migrant families await calls for ransom

In Bangladesh's southernmost tip, families cling to scraps of paper with Malaysian and Thai hand pho...

May 31, 2015 05:18 AM EDT

Malaysia finds 139 graves in 'cruel' jungle trafficking camps

Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human traffickin...

May 25, 2015 06:44 PM EDT

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