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20 children injured after Myanmar school gets hit by mortar

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 09:12 PM

The attack happened in Buthidaung township, one of several areas in lockdown, and it is not clear who was responsible. Read more »

4 Rohingya children killed in landmine blast in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Shoon Naing, Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 09:44 PM

Five other children and their teacher were also wounded when the group stepped on the landmine as they went to collect firewood in the village of Kyauk Yan, military spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun said by phone. Read more »

Rohingya weep in Myanmar court as they face charge of illegal travel

Shoon Naing, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 05:10 PM

Dozens of Rohingya Muslims including children wept in a Myanmar court on Friday as they were brought in to face charges of illegally traveling without proper documents. Read more »

Myanmar rebels kidnap more than 40 police, soldiers in Rakhine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 11:12 PM

Ethnic Rakhine rebels took more than 40 police officers and soldiers hostage in a brazen raid on a ferry on Saturday, Myanmar's military said, the latest flare-up in the restive western region. Read more »

Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed after less than a year

Shoon Naing and Simon Lewis, Reuters
Posted at May 27 08:21 AM

YANGON - Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters. Read more »

Thousands displaced, as Myanmar army and Rakhine rebels clash

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 05:38 PM

Weeks of fighting between ethnic Rakhine rebels and Myanmar's military have driven thousands of civilians from their homes, the UN said. Read more »

China offers Myanmar support over Rohingya issue after US rebuke

Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 09:30 AM

China supports the Myanmar government's efforts to protect domestic stability and approach to resolving the Rohingya issue, Premier Li Keqiang told the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, after US Vice President Mike Pence offered a strong rebuke. Read more »

Myanmar's neighbors to call for 'accountability' in Rakhine crisis - ASEAN draft statement

Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 03:46 PM

Southeast Asian nations will call for those responsible for atrocities in Myanmar's Rakhine state to be held "fully accountable", according to a statement prepared for a regional summit, reflecting a stronger line being taken within the group. Read more »

Myanmar's neighbors urge accountability for Rakhine violence

John Geddie, Reuters
Posted at Oct 03 12:50 AM

SINGAPORE - Southeast Asian foreign ministers have urged Myanmar to give a full mandate to an inquiry commission to hold accountable those responsible for the violence in Rakhine state, Singapore said on Tuesday. Read more »

Reuters journalists get 7 years in prison

Stringer, Reuters
Posted at Sep 03 09:03 PM

Detained Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo leave Insein court after listening to the verdict in Yangon, Myanmar on Monday. Read more »

OPINION: Counting our blessings this Eid

Karim Raslan -- Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Jun 14 02:36 AM

As we celebrate another Hari Raya Aidilfitri, we must certainly not take our circumstances – especially the freedom of religion – for granted.  Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Rohingya refugees fish in troubled waters

Reuters
Posted at Jun 13 09:38 AM

SHAMLAPUR, Bangladesh - Some Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar are finding work in the fishing industry in neighboring Bangladesh, earning a tiny daily income and occasional share of the catch, all under the official radar. Read more »

3 bombs hit capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 03:55 PM

Three bombs exploded early Saturday in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state, a cauldron of ethnic tensions roiled by insurgencies and a military crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya, injuring 1 policeman, officials said.   Read more »

How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village

Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, Simon Lewis and Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 02 08:23 PM

The killings in the coastal village of Inn Din marked another bloody episode in the ethnic violence sweeping northern Rakhine state, on Myanmar's western fringe. Nearly 690,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled their villages and crossed the border into Bangladesh since August. Read more »

Myanmar denies report of mass graves in Rakhine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 08:03 PM

The denial was a response to a report that alleges a massacre by soldiers and the existence of at least five previously unreported mass graves. Read more »

Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delayed Rohingya return

Agence France Presse
Updated as of Jan 23 11:30 PM

Nearly 690,000 Rohingya escaped to Bangladesh after a brutal Myanmar army crackdown began last August Read more »

Rohingya rebel ambush in Rakhine wounds 3: Myanmar army

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 07:28 PM

The UN has accused Myanmar troops of waging an ethnic-cleansing campaign against the persecuted minority. Read more »

US concerned over Myanmar's silence over where journalists are being held

Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 04:52 AM

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo faced charges under the British colonial-era Official Secrets Act, though officials have since disclosed that they have not been charged.  Read more »

Pope starts Myanmar trip in shadow of Rohingya crisis

Philip Pullella and Thu Thu Aung, Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 04:50 PM

YANGON - Pope Francis landed in Yangon on Monday, the start of a delicate visit for the leader of the Roman Catholic church to majority-Buddhist Myanmar, which the United States has accused of conducting "ethnic cleansing" against its Muslim Rohingya people. Read more »

China tells Myanmar military it wants closer ties

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 09:37 AM

BEIJING - China wants closer ties with Myanmar's military to help protect regional peace and security, a senior Chinese general told the visiting head of the southeast Asian country's army. Read more »