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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Invites Investments Following US Sanctions Relief
Suu Kyi meeting Barack Obama at the White House in September 2012. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Washington: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged businesses to invest in the Southeast Asian country on...
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Suu Kyi’s Pragmatism Wins Over the Obama Administration
The US may have lifted economic sanction, but must now work with Myanmar on issues like building a strong civilian government and the Rohingya crisis. Aung San Suu Kyi and Barack Obama at the Oval...
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends Efforts on Rohingyas in First UN Address as Leader
Myanmar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the 71st UN General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, US. September 21, 2016. Credit:Reuters/Carlo Allegri United Nations: In her first...
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From Mon in Nagaland to Myanmar, Schoolkids Cross the Border For a Better Future
Students from a remote Naga village are turning to a school across the border in Myanmar, hoping this will increase their employment opportunities. The Myanmarese school in Lungwa, Myanmar. Credit:...
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How Rohingya Footballers are Tackling Prejudice in Malaysia
A group of young refugees footballers pose for a photo before a match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 14, 2016. Picture taken on August 14, 2016. Credit: Reuters/ Beh Lih Yi Kuala Lumpur: Racing from...
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Duterte May Talk Big, But Philippines Won’t Break Ties With the US Any Time Soon
The foul-mouthed, tough-talking president of the Philippines is ironically a pragmatist on foreign policy. President Rodrigo Duterte (C) clenches fist while wearing a Blue Bird jacket given by the...
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The Case for Stepping Up Economic Cooperation With Myanmar
As Myanmar’s economy opens up, India must capitalise on its proximity, to avoid falling behind the US, China and others in the region. Aung San Suu Kyi is set to visit India for the BRICS-BIMSTEC...
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Death Toll Rises as Myanmar Battles Border Attackers
A member of the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) inspects a boat carrying Rohingya refugees from Myanmar trying to get into Bangladesh in Teknaf June 13, 2012. Credit: Andrew Biraj/Reuters/Files...
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Climate Change Linked to Surge in Japanese Encephalitis in Northeast India
Doctors and health experts say the rise in the number of cases is due to warmer weather and erratic rainfall, which caused flash floods and thereby water stagnation. The aftermath of floods in...
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As Aung San Suu Kyi Visits India, She Leaves a Powder Keg Ready to Blow Back...
Suu Kyi may be treading carefully over the Rohingya issue for fear of alienating the Buddhist factions in her country, but it is time for her to earn her Nobel Peace Prize and save her vision for...
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A Visit that Sets the Stage for India, Myanmar to Take Ties to the Next Level
The restoration of democracy in Myanmar, the lifting of US sanctions and Narendra Modi’s hands on approach foretells New Delhi’s more active role in the country’s nation building. Prime Minister...
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UN Begins First Repatriation of Myanmar Refugees in Thailand
A UNHCR camp in Thailand where close to 7,00,000 people had fled when Myanmar faced internal conflict. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Bangkok: The first voluntary repatriation of 68 Myanmar refugees from...
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UN Envoys Urge Myanmar to Investigate Arbitrary Killings, Arrests in...
Police forces prepare to patrol in Maungdaw township at Rakhine state, northeast Myanmar. Credit: Stringer/Reuters Yangon: UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that...
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Rohingya Women Say Myanmar Soldiers Raped Them Amid Crackdown on Militants
Men indicate the place where they say a victim from recent violence was buried, at a village outside Maugndaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar. Credits: Reuters U Shey Kya/Yangon: Rohingya Muslims say Myanmar...
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Myanmar Police to Arm and Train Non-Muslims in Conflict-Torn Region
Rohingya Muslim men stand at U Shey Kya village outside Maugndaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar. Credit: Reuters Sittwe, Myanmar: Myanmar police will begin arming and training non-Muslim residents in the...
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Rising Discontent Among Farmers in Myanmar Over Displacement
Representational image. Credit: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters Bangkok: Land conflicts in Myanmar have escalated in recent years, with military and armed groups driving people from their land and new laws...
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Freedom of Speech in Myanmar Threatened Amidst Rakhine Violence, Say Monitors
Rakhine Chief Minister Nyi Pu (L) and Myanmar’s high ranking military officers walk after a day trip with a diplomatic mission and United Nations officials to the Maungdaw areas in northern Rakhine...
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Clashes Between Myanmar Army and Militants Leave Eight Dead in Rakhine
A police truck passes by a Rohingya village outside Maungdaw on October 26, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Yangon: Eight people died and 36 were arrested in clashes between the Myanmar army and...
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Three Thousand Stateless People in the Philippines Get Nationality
Some children in the camp are third-generation refugees, whose grandparents settled in the area in the late 1940s. Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem Kuala Lumpur: After years of living in legal limbo,...
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Myanmar Refugee Doctor Wins Humanitarian Prize for Clinic in Thailand
Mae Tao clinic in northwest Thai town of Mae Sot. Credit: Sukree Sukplang/Reuters London: When Cynthia Maung saw the suffering of fellow refugees who had fled Myanmar‘s crackdown on a pro-democracy...
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