Latest News From Myanmar
1. IntroductionCox’s Bazar District has two cyclone seasons per year; April-May and October-November with monsoon season from June to September. During this time strong winds and severe rain can be expected. Shelters of Rohingya community are in high r…
Three U.S. citizens held in Laos since last week for disseminating religion without government approval had their passports seized and are being kept in a guesthouse in the provincial capital of Luang Namtha, RFA’s Lao Service learned from a local poli…
YANGON, Myanmar’s government on Wednesday granted amnesty to 9,535 prisoners of Myanmar nationals unconditionally according to an order of the President’s Office, reported Xinhua news agency.The amnesty was extended on the occasion of Myanmar’s tradit…
YANGON, Myanmar, Two people have been killed on the spot, with 21 others injured, in a truck accident in Myanmar’s capital, Nay Pyi Taw, said a release from the Home Affairs Ministry today (Thursday).The accident took place in Zeya Thiri township, on …
DHAKA, Bangladesh and Myanmar will hold their next Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting in Naypyidaw on May 3 to discuss the development made so far for safe repatriation of Rohingya people.The next Bangladesh-Myanmar joint working group meeting will be …
BANGKOK Thai voters head to the polls Sunday for the first time in nearly five years, and analysts say the results could have an impact on democracy throughout Southeast Asia.Thailand’s military junta took power in May 2014, when then-army chief Pray…