Tag Archives: Myanmar

• Myanmar government vows to ‘respect’ election result 11 November 2015 | Aidan Jones This post has no comments yet

  Myanmar's military-backed government vowed Wednesday to respect the country's election result despite staring at a poll wipeout, as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for talks with the president. ...

• Suu Kyi eyes historic win in Myanmar elections 6 November 2015 | Aidan Jones and Hla-Hla Htay This post has no comments yet

  Myanmar's boisterous election campaign draws to a close Friday, two days before milestone polls that could finally propel Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party to power after a decades-long struggle against the military. ...

• Myanmar’s Suu Kyi confims opposition will contest election 11 July 2015 | Kelly MacNamara This post has no comments yet

  Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday said her opposition would participate in historic polls set for 8 November, vowing the party would amend the constitution that bars her from the presidency if it wins. ...

• Brokers tricking Rohingya children onto trafficking boats 19 May 2015 | Esther Htusan This post has no comments yet

  The boy was shoved onto the wooden vessel with hundreds of other Rohingya Muslims. For days, the 14-year-old sat with his knees bent into his chest, pressed up against sweaty bodies in the cabin's rancid heat. ...

• Myanmar, Sri Lanka Buddhist hard-liners join hands 29 September 2014 | Krishan Francis This post has no comments yet

  A hard-line Buddhist monk from Myanmar known for his anti-Muslim stance said his movement would join hands with a like-minded Sri Lankan group to "protect" Buddhists. ...

• US urges Myanmar to let people choose president 17 June 2014 This post has no comments yet

  The US urged Myanmar on Monday to allow its people to freely choose the next president amid a row over a law which would ban opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running. ...

• Buddhists burn Muslim homes and shops in Myanmar 25 August 2013 This post has one comment

  Members of a 1,000-strong Buddhist mob torched dozens of homes and shops in Myanmar following rumours that a Muslim man tried to sexually assault a young woman, officials and witnesses said Sunday. ...

• Buddhist temple bombing in Indonesia linked to violence against Rohingya 5 August 2013 This post has no comments yet

  A bomb that exploded at a Buddhist temple in the Indonesian capital Jakarta bore the words "we are responding to the screams of the Rohingya", the place of worship said on Monday. ...

• Myanmar to ‘free all political prisoners by year end’ 16 July 2013 This post has no comments yet

  Myanmar President Thein Sein said all political prisoners would be freed by the end of the year and that a ceasefire with ethnic groups was possible within weeks. ...

• Myanmar condemns Time magazine cover 24 June 2013 This post has no comments yet

  Myanmar's President Office issued a press release on Sunday's night, lashing out at the TIME magazine for featuring a Buddhist monk as "Buddhist Terror" on the cover of its July issue. ...